David had chemo on October 16th & 30th and November 13th. On the November 13th chemo appt, the PA told us that he was scheduling additional chemo appointments “just in case” they were needed. If the scans returned something unexpected, we would not have to wait to be scheduled again and go just resume chemo. We weren’t sure what to think as this was the first time anything questionable that may interfere with surgery was mentioned. Dr. N had indicated he was ready to proceed with the liver resection.
Labs: CEA Tumor marker 8.3
STILL NOT GLOWING (-d)
More chemo through October and November. Nothing really significant or eventful than my first port blockage that meant I had to do a lot of various motions that look a lot like the old elementary school gymnasium stretches I did decades ago. If none of those work (they didn’t) eventually you get a shot (Activase) that you have to wait to see if it opens it up. After waiting a while, mine did and it was on with the show. Because I was still losing blood, I also got another unit or so of iron to help with that. It was a longer day than the typical long day in chemo but we seemed to all make it through ok.
Best news was that due to my treatments, sometime early to mid November my bleeding stopped and that helped to slowly return my blood and iron levels back to near normal. This also helped my energy and eating and by far and away my attitude.
HOBBIES OF THE MOMENT: The Price is Right, Freddie Falcon Lego Sculpture
