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Recent CT Scan & Update
Steve had another CT Scan last week and it showed that unfortunately the cancer is still spreading in his lungs. The liver is stable. He also has some pretty swollen Lympnodes near his lungs. His CEA is the same as it’s been the last 3 months – 11. We had a really good conversation with the doctor about what is happening and what we should do next. So here is the plan right now: 1. We are going to go to Dana Faber and talk to them about clinical trials. It’s not very likely Steve will do a trail, but we at least want to talk to them about it. 2. Steve will continue on the chemo he is on right now for 6 weeks…
12th Chemo Treatment Tomorrow and some changes…
Tomorrow will be Steve’s 12th Chemo treatment and his last one for this 6 month set. We thought 6 months actually went till January but nope, it’s done tomorrow. But that just means it’s time to change it up a bit. Currently Steve is receiving the FOLFOX cocktail of chemotherapy which consists of 5-FU, Leucovorin, and Oxaliplatin. I am slowly learning about each of these drugs. The 5-FU is the one that was causing the mouth sores and is also the one that he gets on a slow drip for the 48 hours at home. You may recall that in October he reduced that one by 15% to hopefully stop the mouth sores – and it worked! We’ve checked his CEA number once since the…
CT Scan Results and More
Today we met with the Oncologist to get Steve’s CT Scan results and his latest CEA number. The appointment wasn’t what we hoped for last week going into the CT Scan. Steve and I both had different ideas of what to expect and neither of those expectations happened. First of all I’m very happy to tell you that his CEA number is 21. Last time it was 64 so this was a nice drop and we were very happy to see it so low. That was good. Next is the size of the tumors. They’ve decreased significantly in both his lungs and liver. Which is great news! But, Honestly this is where I was surprised as I assumed that one of his organs would be…
Good News!! CEA Number is going down again!!
We got some good news today. Steve’s CEA (tumor marker) number is going down again. It’s currently 18 and was 28 four weeks ago! That’s really good news because that means that the new chemo he started 6 weeks ago is working!!! So the plan right now is to keep doing what they are doing. Steve is also scheduled for a CT Scan the first week of April – the 2nd or 3rd and then they will check his CEA number again on the 6th when we get the results for the CT Scan. Last week was 9 months since Steve was diagnosis and the fact that he’s still doing well and the chemo is still working at this point is really good! Friday, March…
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…
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…