A way for family and friends of Pat Mensing to keep up with her.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Improvement

Mom's count went down 130 points! Hooray!

edit: forgot to mention, yes, this is a new drug. =)

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Status Update

Mom still tires out really easily, but she's getting out of bed and dressed every day, and doing a few things around the house and in the garden, so she's better than she was a few weeks ago. She had a CA-125 done, she's at 918, so she'll probably be starting this new drug on Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Well...

Mom's count went down 30 points. Only problem is, she's felt really bad this whole time... no quality of life. So she'll see if trying another drug may be easier on her, but yet still effective.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Another slow start

So the chemo drug Mom had may be another slow starter. Her count went up about 200 points (this puts her around 773 if my calculations are correct). She felt pretty cruddy the entire time after chemo, but thank goodness she was feeling better for our trip to the cabin this last weekend (Trinity is ALWAYS a blast!).

Monday, May 3, 2010

He pulled a rabbit out of his hat

There's a new drug that has been used on lung cancer that has also worked on ovarian cancer. It's just once every three weeks, so we're gonna give it a shot.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Change is in the air

Mom's count went up about 45 points, so she'll talk to the doctor on Friday about what to do next.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Adjusting things

The first round of this chemo drug, Mom had the full dose of three days. It hit her a little hard, so she was bumped down to two days per round. After her third round (one full and two partials), her count went up 90 points. So going back to trying three days is the new game plan. Hoping this works.