Friday, March 23, 2012

To say it's been a long week in an understatement. Tuesday was test day at the hospital. We were there by 7:30 for the CT scan. Once again they made me consume about 2 quarts of a contrast for the scan in an hour. Then they put you on a table hooked up the IV pump with all this fluid bouncing around inside you. I must have used the facilities at least 8 times (and I am not exaggerating) from the time I left CT until I went up for my ECHO. I spent to whole day going back and forth the bathroom. I'm hoping on my next scan we could skip the fluids.

Wednesday was chemo day and I was to see the doctor before to get the results. As you could imagine I was a little up tight and nervous waiting. When we were in the exam room there was a knock on the door and in walks frick and frack (fellow and resident). Ok - they weren't that bad but I was a little taken back since my doctor always comes in and wasn't expecting a change. I gave them a little bit of a hard time since I really wanted to hear the news from Dr. Flemming since this has been a journey for both of us. Hindsight should have told me if it was bad news she would have come in herself (at least I hope so). Turns out the trial chemo was been working. The largest lesion (tumor) in my liver had grown to 8cm (3.15") and after two treatments had shrunk to 5cm (1.97") which is a 32% reduction. The activity in my lymph glands which had cancer cells now show clean. After I heard this all I could hear was blah blah blah - blah blah blah. I was so relieved I didn't hear much of anything else except that everything else looked stable with no growth. Hallelujah!!

Although I am very pleased and excited with this much progress in just two treatments I am trying to stay even keeled since I know how fast things can change. I'm not trying to be negative, just guarded. My next scan is May 1 so I hope this continues to work. Let's all keep positive thoughts. Not only is this great news for me but for the trial and all the women who hopefully will be helped by this new drug.

After that there isn't much else to say. I'll keep you informed as things move along. For now I'm just going to enjoy the moment.

Thanks again to all of you for your kind words, thoughts and prayers. It is what is keeping me positive and moving forward.

Until next time - I have my Dancin' shoes on and doing a jig!

Keep on Dancin' my friends!