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51st Chemo Treatment this week!
Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve updated you all about Steve. I’ve been so busy between the girls being out of school, and my summer classes…. it’s been pretty crazy, to say the least! Steve had scans done about 1 month ago. The chest CT was a little blurry because he sneezed during it and the (dumb) girl CT technician told him it came out fine, but in fact, it didn’t. The radiologist that read the report couldn’t see everything, but from what he could see, the lungs were pretty much the same as the last scan. His liver is good as well. There has been a spot on his liver that has grow slowly since January. But the growth wasn’t very significant so…
First Day of Chemo Went Well
Today was Steve’s first day of chemo and it went well. We are getting chemo at the Infusion center at Kent Hospital and I have to say we really like them there. Plus it’s nice and close to the house which is a huge plus. The doctor told us we’d be there for a couple of hours but when we arrived they told us that wasn’t true, we’d actually be there for about 5-6 hours. Steve wasn’t very happy at first but it is what it is and nothing we can do about it. Eventually we’ll be down to about 3 hours. So perhaps that’s what he was thinking about. Since Steve had the port placed just 2 days ago, the area is still very…
The 5-FU Reduction worked!
Steve finished his 8th round of chemo about a week ago. This was the 2nd round of chemo with the reduced 5-FU (along with a reduction of all meds due to his weight loss). The first time he didn’t see much of a difference as far as side effects go, but the second time he did. The 5-FU is responsible for the mouth sores and the tingling in his hands, fingers and feet mostly. I guess it’s also responsible for the exhaustion because this last round he wasn’t as tired either. He thought we has getting a mouth sore but it never really turned into one. And his taste buds finally came back this weekend. When he woke up Friday morning and realize that we…
Good bye 2016 – Hello 2017!
A year ago today Steve and I sat at chemo for his “New Year’s Chemo”. I was grateful to have him for another year. After the new year we found out that chemo would end in the fall. The doctor estimated (at that time) he would probably have about 4-6 months after chemo ended. Of course that was without knowing how the last 6 months of chemo would work. He was being optimistic. When Steve and I talked about that, we figured we’d get through the holidays, have another new year’s eve together and then sometime in 2017, he’d pass away. Of course we didn’t know for sure, but we were being optimistic. From the day that we found out he was stage 4, I…
Colonoscopy Results – They found the Tumor
On June 17, 2014 Steve had his first Colonoscopy. Thankfully the prep for it wasn’t too bad on him. The doctor wasn’t expecting to find the tumor because he looked at all the scans beforehand and even he saw nothing in the colon. So he was pretty curious as to what he’d see. And so were we. I was actually wondering if there might not even be a tumor and this would be a rare type of colon cancer. My husband would be the one to not have something easily found. Because he likes to be ‘different’. Well, that wasn’t the case. The doctor did find the tumor and it’s big. The mass is in the sigmoid colon. He said it’s pretty much the entire…
2nd Ct Scan Results after 6 months of Chemo
We received the results of the CT Scan today. The doctor says that after looking at the ct scan himself, there has been a small reduction in the tumors. It’s not as big as the last time but he feels they are all slightly smaller. He did point out that they are measuring them in mm and not cm so we are looking at something very small in size. Tomorrow is Steve’s first treatment in the next chemo regimen and it will be less the Oxaliplatin. The doctor is going to monitor his CEA number closely and if he sees any change then he’ll likely change up his entire chemo prescription and use some different drugs. At this point the doctor is looking at it…