Dear friends and familly,
As you have noticed, this is on our family website but hope it will be easy for you to keep up.
Since I wrote last, Samuel Chase Evans was born in Murfreesboro TN July 26 th. I was able to spend the week before and after he was born. What a joy! Of course, he is adorable (see more info on the website).
During the summer I took the chemo, Gemzar, 9 rounds . I had a PET scan on 8/26 and had a follow-up appt. with Dr. Reddy on 8/28. I had been noticing more pain in my liver so I was not surprised to find out that the Gemzar had been ineffective and that the tumors were all over my liver.
Dr. Reddy said there was one more chemo, Sysplatin , that we could try . It is more toxic, similar to what I took when I first had cancer. Because it is very strong, the doses would be divided up into 2 days in a row of chemo and then off 3 weeks.
He thought it would be good to go into the hospital for the first 2 so that they could monitor my fluids and nausea so I went int the hospital on 9/3 and 9/4. It took 10 hours each day and then I
left around noon on Thurs. I have been very fatigued since the hospital, but no nausea and am hoping I'll start getting my strength back. I was able to do things before the chemo. I am wearing a pain patch so I am feeling little pain.
I will go in each week for blood tests and they will monitor my liver enzyme count . The enzyme levels have been very high (600) but did go down some after chemo so that is positive. If the enzymes keep going up, it will not be effective for me to take the sysplatin chemo. It will be a week-by-week evaluation. I will take it at the Cancer Center and will be two - eight hour days.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. You are all so important to me.
I asked God at the beginning of this journey to teach me what he wanted me to learn from this. He has taught me the power of His presence and how much I can trust Him in each step. Because of Jesus Christ, I have hope and life everlasting.
God bless all of you.
Debbie
As you have noticed, this is on our family website but hope it will be easy for you to keep up.
Since I wrote last, Samuel Chase Evans was born in Murfreesboro TN July 26 th. I was able to spend the week before and after he was born. What a joy! Of course, he is adorable (see more info on the website).
During the summer I took the chemo, Gemzar, 9 rounds . I had a PET scan on 8/26 and had a follow-up appt. with Dr. Reddy on 8/28. I had been noticing more pain in my liver so I was not surprised to find out that the Gemzar had been ineffective and that the tumors were all over my liver.
Dr. Reddy said there was one more chemo, Sysplatin , that we could try . It is more toxic, similar to what I took when I first had cancer. Because it is very strong, the doses would be divided up into 2 days in a row of chemo and then off 3 weeks.
He thought it would be good to go into the hospital for the first 2 so that they could monitor my fluids and nausea so I went int the hospital on 9/3 and 9/4. It took 10 hours each day and then I
left around noon on Thurs. I have been very fatigued since the hospital, but no nausea and am hoping I'll start getting my strength back. I was able to do things before the chemo. I am wearing a pain patch so I am feeling little pain.
I will go in each week for blood tests and they will monitor my liver enzyme count . The enzyme levels have been very high (600) but did go down some after chemo so that is positive. If the enzymes keep going up, it will not be effective for me to take the sysplatin chemo. It will be a week-by-week evaluation. I will take it at the Cancer Center and will be two - eight hour days.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. You are all so important to me.
I asked God at the beginning of this journey to teach me what he wanted me to learn from this. He has taught me the power of His presence and how much I can trust Him in each step. Because of Jesus Christ, I have hope and life everlasting.
God bless all of you.
Debbie
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