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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…
Round 5 of Chemo Done
This week Steve completed his 5th round of chemo and he’s still doing really well. The tingling in his fingers started almost immediately when he touched anything cold. Even when he washes his hands, if the water is a little cold, they start to tingle. Or when he got up at the infusion center to use the men’s room, he has to push the IV to the bathroom. The handle on it is metal and it’s so cold inside the infusion center, that the handle gets cold. So even that bothered him. It’s extremely irritating and he gets very frustrated with it. Even though he knows in the whole scheme of things, it’s not the worst thing, it’s still pretty irritating. I remember before I…
CEA Update and Chemo #14
Happy New Year! The last chemo treatment Steve received on Christmas Eve went well. He over did it over the holiday with all our company so he was exhausted coming out of it, but he enjoyed the time we spent with friends and family so it was worth it for him. He also got another mouth sore this time around, however it wasn’t at it’s worst and he was still able to eat more than just soft foods. That said, he still dropped a few pounds. He’s going to try and work on putting those back on this week. The doctor checked his CEA number on Monday and it was 15.6, which is a little higher than last time. We never head from the doctor…
Thank you to all our friends and family!
I’ve received so many texts, IM’s and messages with words of encouragement, love and support and I appreciate it so much! But please know that I am OKAY. We’ve expected his treatment to take this turn at some point and honestly, we thought it would be 2 months ago. I posted this on Facebook today but I know not everyone is on Facebook…… Thank you everyone for your prayers, thoughts and positive vibes. We are so lucky to have so many amazing people in our lives. I do feel blessed, considering the situation. The time we’ve had since his diagnosis has been a gift, a gift that one day the girls will realize was one of the best gifts ever. Right before Steve starts the…
Chemo is changing next month…
Steve saw his Oncologist today and his CEA is still going up, slowly but it’s going up. Today it was 20. In March it was 17 and in February it was 12. So it’s moving up but that’s not the direction the doctor wants to see it go. That means the cancer is also growing. So it’s time to change chemo treatments. We are going on another family trip this month, this time out to California to Disneyland!! The girls are VERY excited. The doctor is going to wait until after our trip to change his chemo. Tomorrow will be his last one on this type of chemo and then he’ll take a break so he’ll feel great on our trip. It’ll actually be a…
7th Round of Chemo Done and more…
Steve finished his 7th round of Chemo last Friday and it went well. He started eating more as his mouth sores healed and had a generally good weekend. I just heard from the doctor and he said the surgeon doesn’t think that there is any need to worry about what they saw in the CT scan and they are leaving his colon as it is. They will just keep an eye on how he’s feeling and if he starts to have any problems. We are relieved because surgery means no chemo and we are not ready to stop because the tumors are still there. This past round of chemo the doctor reduced one of the meds to hopefully stop the mouth sores from coming back….