Hey friends here’s the latest.. I met with my IU oncologist on Tuesday to go over what’s next. The plan is for me to go back on a chemo formulation I’ve been on before along with a clinical trial drug. That drug is supposed to make my tumors more sensitive to the chemo. All of this will start July 10th and I will have to have all treatments at IU. The trial drug is a pill I will take 3…
Hello friends I’m updating you tonight feeling very sad, worried and defeated… As some of you know, I had to get a scan yesterday that was ordered by my doctor due to my blood work (tumor markers) being elevated. To my disappointment my scan confirmed my elevated markers. I heard the words a cancer patient never wants to hear “your cancer has progressed”. Basically to sum it up all of my tumors have grown and I have additional growths in my…
So as of May 6th it’s been a year since I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. I remember that weekend like it was yesterday. After day 3 of non stop crying, I wondered if I would eventually run out of tears…see this weekend last year happened to be Mothers Day and the birthday of the most precious gift that made me a mother There are NO words to describe what was going on in my head…..Fast forward to today..a…
Good evening. So I am here with my latest update. Today I met with my Dr. to discuss my PET scan that I had yesterday. To my disappointment, my cancer has progressed. I am going to describe the information the best I can. How they determine this is by comparing scan to scan. So in this case my most recent PET scan not counting yesterday was February 9th. In that time every tumor had grown (not by a ton) but…
Hello stopping in for a little update. As you all know I have been really enjoying this chemo break the best I can! It’s been 3 months and I’m just now starting to feel somewhat normal lol! As you know while on the break I still go in for a infusion of Avastin which gives me a few side effects but nothing terrible. Every other appt they also do blood work and check my levels and my CEA (Tumor Markers). Unfortunately…
Hello everyone💜 just wanted to pop in and let you all know I continue to appreciate all of you! I have been receiving so many wonderful cards and gifts for my family! Many of which are from people I don’t personally know! This terrible disease has brought so many negative this into my life but it has brought so many wonderful people and things into my life too. So many life lessons learned already! Thankfully I haven’t had too much…
Good evening 💜 I’m stopping in with my most current health status… so as I had posted last week I ended up in the hospital for 4 days. It all started with what I thought was just a skin irritation which turned out to be Shingles. Now normally people don’t get hospitalized for this but I was due to the fact I was running a fever of 102 and it was on my face and my eyelid. This was definitely…
Good evening! Currently experiencing a little bump in the road 🤕 Thanks for all the love, special treats and notes of encouragement!! I will post a current update when I get home which is still to be determined but hopefully tomorrow!! I have a wonderful doctor that I trust and they are doing everything they can to keep me healthy. My condition brings on a whole lot of other conditions you can get with a compromised immune system. I’m under…
Good morning 🤓 Just wanted to stop in and say hello! I am still on chemo break which is AMAZING!! As long as my tumors stay stable I get to stay on this break! I’m feeling pretty good just having to get my energy back and having some issues with my back, my stomach and random pains but nothing I can’t handle. So therefore we are trying to cram in as much as we can while I’m feeling good and…
Good evening 💜 just saying hello and a little update. So I believe my last post was about my chemo break so I will follow that up! I have been on a chemo break since the week before Christmas. Like I have said I still go every other week for blood work and Avastin infusions. To monitor my situation they check my CEA(tumor marker) numbers usually once a month. My last test for that was November 30th so I went…