A Further Word about the Beads
Even though my latest CT scan, conducted at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston on July 21, indicated that the sirtex procedure (the radioactive beads or fibers) I had five weeks earlier in Bartlesville had not reduced the tumors in my liver to any significant degree, that’s not necessarily the final verdict.
My doctor in Houston indicated there could still be some positive results, although he expected any such results would likely be minimal at this point. And my doctor in Bartlesville says the common protocol is to do a PET scan at twelve weeks in order to determine what the final results are.
Right now, I’m six weeks out, which is only halfway there. So I guess we’ll have to wait awhile longer, hoping the next scans are a little more encouraging.
That being said, I’m in bed right now, recuperating from my 36th chemotherapy session this last Monday. (That’s right, 36th!) My nausea has been good, but the drugs have really sapped my strength. And for right now, continued chemo seems to be the only option I have.
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Thanks for the update. I continue to think of you every day and wish you as many victories as possible. I’ll be keeping my hopes up for those next results.
Glad you are updating…had you on my mind this week and now I realize now it was probably because you were 36-ing. Take care and hope you’ve got some good mac and cheese.
I will look forward to the “12-week” update with hopeful anticipation. You and your family continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Please let me know if I can do anything for any of you!
Jim
36 treatments? I can’t imagine. I went through 12 and thought I was going to die if I got one more. My prayers are with you. Been two years since the last one. So far cancer free. It has taught me more than anything to live everyday and see the life that is around you. Still living with the fear of a bad report from my medical team. Thanks for the blog.