Home, Week 32.5

The decision has been made to take a break from chemo until after Thanksgiving. The drugs she's been on aren't working, and her body needs a break. After Thanksgiving, she'll be starting a new drug that will hopefully knock the rest of this cancer out.

Home, Week 31.5, Chemo Round 7

Mom has decided to go to hydration twice a week. Going three times a week is a bit of a drag, and she hasn't needed the nutrients like she used to, so things are getting more under control.

She's having the same chemo today that she's been having, but we'll be going to the doctor this week to setup the new game plan. Keep her in your prayers, she could use the help with this situation. God Bless.

Home, Week 31

Mom's CA-125 has gone back up some. It went from 401 to 474, which shows that while the one drug may be keeping her numbers from skyrocketing back up, it's certainly not keeping the cancer at bay, so we'll be seeing the doctor to figure out what the new plan of attack will be.

Home, Week 30.5

It's the week off of chemo, and Mom needs platelets. We've talked to her doctor, and have decided to stay the current course for now, with just the one chemo drug, as adding any of the other possibilities would have side effects that Mom isn't ready to deal with right now.

So as long as the one drug is effective, that's what she'll be doing, unless she decides she wants potentially faster progress, and is willing to deal with the side effects (hair loss, nausea, blood counts going down more than they are now).

Home, Week 29.5

Second dose of this round, still the milder drug only, but we've been doing some research as to what other chemo drugs would be viable options given her situation. The double drug treatments really work well to confuse the cancer cells, because while they're trying to build an immunity to one drug, the other one comes in and kills them off. We just need to find another drug that can work as the second drug.

Thank you for all the continuing thoughts and prayers, Mom really appreciates them, and enjoys the cards and phone calls. God Bless.

Home, Week 28.5, Chemo Round 6

Nothing eventful, just the start of a new round of chemo. She's not doing two drugs for at least this round, until we can figure out what other chemo drug would work well.

Home, Week 28

Mom's CA-125 dropped down to 401. She only had 1/3 of a bag of the one drug that she had reactions to, so her numbers didn't drop as much as she would have liked, but 65 points is 65 points. =)

She'll only be doing the one chemo drug for a couple rounds (starting Monday), but we're figuring out some other chemo drugs she could take along with her current one in the interim.

She lost more weight, so she was down 70 pounds total, but she's gained 2 pounds recently! Never thought that would be a happy thing, but life is funny like that.

The next few weeks should be relatively calm, since she is only having the milder chemo drug, but we do have a couple doctor appointments that may turn up some interesting ideas, so we'll keep you updated.

Thank you for the thoughts and prayers, and God Bless.