Ok, I know there are several employees of CRMC waiting for this post! HAHA! How did it go??? Truth be told, it went alright! It's no MD Anderson, as in, no private rooms with your own tv, no personal waiter to order you some food and NO WARM BLANKETS! How spoiled am I! LOL! They did bring me a blanket though and offered me a drink (Soda or juice, not the kind I really needed haha!). I had to wait for about an hour for the pharmacy to get the chemo, but once we had the chemo, the infusion went pretty fast. It is only about a 30 minute infusion, but I also had my Zometa (a bone strengthener) which takes about 15 minutes. We went in at 8:30 and were out at 11:00. Not too bad. I think my body is finally starting to wear down a bit from all the chemo. I have been pretty tired most of the weekend. We stayed home Friday night and just rented a movie, The Holiday. Cute show. Saturday we had to run to Bartlesville, but I didn't do much else. Kevin took Larson to the races in Humbolt that evening. I think they will both be glad when Mid America opens back up! Today they are watching the Nascar race with those "Cars of tomorrow" or whatever. I am real into it, can ya tell! I think I will go take another nap! I did go visit my friend, Terri this past week. She was still at St. John's in Tulsa. I don't want to post too much about her situation, but just pray for her healing. She is going to MD Anderson on Tuesday and will be under great care there. Thank you!
You all have a great week!
~Kasey
I FORGOT TO ADD MY TUMOR MARKERS TOOK ANOTHER DROP THIS PAST WEEK! I AM DOWN TO 96!!!!!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Scan Results
Well, all the tests were worth it!!!!
I have had an additional 56% decrease in my tumor markers since January!!! I started out with them at 711.1 this past October (35 is normal) and by November they were down to 516.2, in December they were down to 389.3 and in January they were down to 250.9. Right now, they are down to 106.9!!!! On the way to remission. I am beyond ecstatic! It has been amazing watching those numbers drop!
Now, onto all the scan results! All looked good, nothing new and the cancer in the bone is all healing! Hopefully by this summer I will be NED (No Existing Disease). We are headed there now!
I started a new chemo yesterday. Instead of Taxol, we went with Abraxane (it is still a taxane like Taxol). I will be on it for 3 weeks on, 1 week off, so every 4th week I will have a break. I will still have 12 infusions of this. So far, so fine on this! My counts were down quite a bit, but they were still able to start this chemo yesterday. I did have a slight problem with my blood pressure. Not sure what was up with that, but it kept dropping. It went down to 84/54, so they had to monitor that all through chemo. But, they just made sure I felt ok and was able to leave afterwards, thank God! We had a flight home booked for that evening and I would not have wanted to have to miss it. So, were home now and I am feeling good! We are heading to Lowe's tonight to check out some tile as we are getting ready to redo the downstairs bathroom. I would love to put up travertine in that bathroom, but we'll see what they have.
You all have a great week and I am so GLAD to be able to share all my wonderful scan results with all of you! Your emails really keep me going! THANK YOU!
~Kasey
I have had an additional 56% decrease in my tumor markers since January!!! I started out with them at 711.1 this past October (35 is normal) and by November they were down to 516.2, in December they were down to 389.3 and in January they were down to 250.9. Right now, they are down to 106.9!!!! On the way to remission. I am beyond ecstatic! It has been amazing watching those numbers drop!
Now, onto all the scan results! All looked good, nothing new and the cancer in the bone is all healing! Hopefully by this summer I will be NED (No Existing Disease). We are headed there now!
I started a new chemo yesterday. Instead of Taxol, we went with Abraxane (it is still a taxane like Taxol). I will be on it for 3 weeks on, 1 week off, so every 4th week I will have a break. I will still have 12 infusions of this. So far, so fine on this! My counts were down quite a bit, but they were still able to start this chemo yesterday. I did have a slight problem with my blood pressure. Not sure what was up with that, but it kept dropping. It went down to 84/54, so they had to monitor that all through chemo. But, they just made sure I felt ok and was able to leave afterwards, thank God! We had a flight home booked for that evening and I would not have wanted to have to miss it. So, were home now and I am feeling good! We are heading to Lowe's tonight to check out some tile as we are getting ready to redo the downstairs bathroom. I would love to put up travertine in that bathroom, but we'll see what they have.
You all have a great week and I am so GLAD to be able to share all my wonderful scan results with all of you! Your emails really keep me going! THANK YOU!
~Kasey
Monday, March 12, 2007
Scan Week
Well, I can't believe it has been almost 3 weeks already!!! We head back to Houston Wednesday to get ready for a FULL day of scans on Thursday starting at 7:30am. We have CT scans, xrays, MRI's, Bone Scan and an ultrasound scheduled. Then, we start the first dose of a chemo called Taxol on Friday. I will have 12 weekly infusions of this. I have it set up to do them here in Coffeyville after the first one at MDA. I won't have to go back to Houston for 6 weeks, so we will have a little break. We will know by the end of May when we will be having the stem cell transplant. I have still been feeling great!
On another note, I would like to send out some prayers and ask all of you to pray for my friend, Terri. I had talked with her on the phone last Tuesday for about an hour about how unpredictable life is and stuff like that. She was telling me how she lit a candle at church for me and prays for me all the time! Then, Friday, I got word that out of the blue Thursday she had a seizure. They took her to CRMC, then transported her to St. John's where they have found a golfball size tumor on her brain. She is going in for surgery to have it removed on Tuesday. They won't know if it is malignant or benign until then. PRAY FOR HER and her family! She is right around my age and has a 10 year old son. Thinking and praying for you Terri!
~Kasey
On another note, I would like to send out some prayers and ask all of you to pray for my friend, Terri. I had talked with her on the phone last Tuesday for about an hour about how unpredictable life is and stuff like that. She was telling me how she lit a candle at church for me and prays for me all the time! Then, Friday, I got word that out of the blue Thursday she had a seizure. They took her to CRMC, then transported her to St. John's where they have found a golfball size tumor on her brain. She is going in for surgery to have it removed on Tuesday. They won't know if it is malignant or benign until then. PRAY FOR HER and her family! She is right around my age and has a 10 year old son. Thinking and praying for you Terri!
~Kasey
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