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The Biopsy Results are in: Colon Cancer
On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, we saw the oncologist from the hospital to get the final results from the biopsy. We knew Steve had cancer but we didn’t know what kind so we weren’t sure what we were dealing with, yet. That was when we found out it was Colon Cancer. And since it’s spread to 2 other organs (liver and lung), it’s Stage 4. Colon cancer is not curable once it’s spread to other organs. Therefore, Steve will never be cancer free. 🙁 The doctor said there really is no reason to operate since there was no large obstruction in the colon (since they didn’t see anything on the CT Scan) nor is there a lot of bleeding (since Steve has never noticed any)…
8th Round of Chemo complete and a Scheduled Break
Steve had his 8th round of chemo this week and he’s pretty happy it’s over because he has a break and won’t be back to the infusion center for 4 weeks. Why the break? He needed it for so many reasons and without it, going forward would have been way too hard. First of all, his CEA number is down to 11. So that’s GREAT! So if he’s going to take a break, now is a good time to do it since the number is still going down and the chemo is still working. But the real reason for the break is because he needs it physically and mentally. Even with the reduction in the 5-FU, he’s still getting the mouth sores, but not as…
The hardest part of this journey – telling our girls – we finally faced today.
As a parent, the last thing we ever want to do is see our children hurt. We’ve raised our girls with so much love and protection in the hopes that they would always feel safe with us. As a family, we’ve been through a lot the past 23 months and we’ve tried to be as honest as we could with the girls, letting them know along the way how much we love them and that everything would always be “okay”. Today we had to do the hardest thing ever… today we told the girls that the chemo isn’t working and the tumors are still growing. And even though daddy was going to continue on chemo the next 6 months, ultimately it’s just to get more…
First Round of Chemo Done!
Friday (6/27) Steve completed his first round of Chemo. He was so happy to have the visiting nurse remove the IV and he was excited to take a nice long shower. Something he can’t do while hooked up to Chemo. He is doing well. Just very tired. Having the surgery in the same week as starting chemo, was very hard. He’s sore from ‘babying’ his right side (where the port was put in) and hopes that the next round he’ll be more comfortable with the IV in. As for side effects from Chemo, they were very minor. He didn’t get nauseous (thankfully!), he was very tired, his taste buds were off a bit, and he didn’t seem to have much of an appetite (which we…
6th Round of Chemo has begun….
Today began round 6 of chemo. It was the fastest and smoothest one yet. We had one of our favorite nurses Erin (she was actually our first so that maybe why we like her so much). The port worked great and Erin got the IV in right away with a perfect blood return! So we were off to a great start. Steve feels good today, his appetite is up and he’s just in a good mood. He’s been unhappy the past week due to another sore on his tongue. When he gets these sores he can’t eat much or even drink much. So think about it, would you be miserable? I know I would!! So it was a tough week but yesterday he started feeling…