Friday, October 25, 2013

Just wanted to keep you all in the loop. Next week is going to be another rough week. Brain MRI Monday morning to see if the radiation treatments worked. In other words they want to check if anything is going on up there (and we all know that answer)! Tuesday I meet with the Radiation Oncologist for results and Wednesday is chemo. Please keep me in your thoughts next week. I'll post more as son as I get the results. Keep on Dancin'

Monday, October 14, 2013

Last week was a very long week to get through. Tuesday was my CT scan to see if the chemo was still working on the liver, lung area and bones. As expected (even though I did my due diligence the day before) when I got there the manager came out with the oral contrast. I had dealt with this tech so as soon as I mentioned it was suppose to be IV Contrast Only he remembered me. Problem was is that I got there at 6:45AM and my doctor who was the only one who could change the order wasn't in until 8:00AM. Another frustrating morning. T add injury to insult the tech informed me that the same contrast was in both the oral and IV and why didn't the IV contrast bother me. How should I know??? All I know is that when I drink the contrast I get stomach pains, sick to my stomach and a bladder infection. (as it turns out the IV contrast also gives me a bladder infection). Now we play the waiting game..... Why is it that whenever I am getting test results the doc gets behind in her schedule??? The next day was chemo and I had an appointment with my doc to review the results. Sat waiting for over an hour before she finally arrived. Thankfully the results showed STABLE. A weight off my shoulders. She did mention to me that she was sorry about the screw up the day before with radiology and hopefully they have it fixed....we'll see. Chemo was uneventful besides the fact that I was 1.5 hours late. Of course the hospital couldn't give me at least 24 hours to relax after the good report before they called my the next day to let me know the Radiology Oncologist wants me to have a Brain MRI at the end of the month (Oct 28) to see if the radiation did its job. I'm trying not to think about it until it gets closer. Thanks for all your thoughts, prayers, emails and smiles. You have no idea the strength I get from all of you. Keep On Dancin'

Thursday, October 3, 2013

It’s been a while since I last posted. I finished my last radiation treatment on Monday, September 16. By that time all my hair had fallen out and I am now officially bald. Hopefully it will start to come back in before the cold winter weather. Wednesday, September 18 I was cleared for chemo and had a treatment. Between the radiation, chemo and the bone injection I get every six weeks by the time Saturday came around I was exhausted. Good thing we were on our way to West Pam Beach for some much needed R & R. I was active up to a point but by late afternoon I was exhausted and spent the time reading or napping. Back home and still tired but pushing myself to keep going – just that Energizer Bunny (or for the older crowd a Timex Watch – takes a lickin’ and keep on tickin’). I have a CT Scan to check how the chemo has been working on the other areas next Tuesday. They won’t do a brain MRI for 3 months after the last radiation treatment. There is so much activity from the radiation going on in the brain (plus all that thinking) that they won’t get a good reading until it settles down. So it’s wait and see right now. Otherwise I feel good and am keeping busy. Sorry for the short version and I will post more as information becomes available. Keep those dancin’ shoes on! Keep on Dancin” Sorry this is all bunched together but I've having problems with this site and hope to resolve it by next posting.