Monday, November 16, 2009

The New Cycle Begins...

Today mom started her new treatment regiment. She is now only receiving 1 chemo drug with each visit to Community North. The morning and early afternoon flew by. The time she was required to be there has been cut in half with the treatment changes. Also, with all the changes, she now gets to decrease the amount of medications that she's been taking. Mom gets to cut out some of her nausea medicine, since she's no longer on the more aggressive chemo drug.

Her doctors continue to be very positive about mom's response to the treatments. They plan to continue to monitor her regularly. For now, she will receive chemo treatments every week. We are not sure yet about when or if she'll get to take another break from treatments.

Last week, mom really enjoyed the time off. She was able to spend a lot of time with friends. She got to go out to eat and even do a little shopping. As the week came to a close, she was able to join the family in an early Thanksgiving celebration.

Monday, November 2, 2009

6th Cycle Complete....Yea!!

Last week we got some good news. We got the results from another CT scan. The cancer is still stable. Yea!! We continue to give praise. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.

Today mom finished up her 6th cycle of chemo. Another yea!! We are so glad that everything has gone so well with these treatments.

Next week Mom gets an entire week off. And yet another yea!! She has no blood tests, CT scans, or chemo treatments. It's been a long time since she's had an entire week without any appointments. She's really looking forward to that time off to rest and spend time with family/friends.

Her oncologist is still planning to have her continue chemo treatments beginning on November 16. These treatments will be slightly different that the first round she completed today. Her previous treatments included two chemo drugs. This new round only includes one. And yet again another yea!! This is a yea, because the treatment days have gone from 6 hours long to 3. We are not yet sure how many cycles this round will include yet. She will continue to get regular CT scans again once this round has started.