An update for everyone still reading this blog to follow my health episodes. I’m having a biopsy taken from the spot on my liver on Monday, October 5. They’re going to stick a long flexible needle into my torso and guide it to that spot on my liver using ultrasound to see the path. The […]
It’s been a week and 2 days since I completed my “Virginia Mason Protocol” with radiation and chemo combined. Yesterday was the first day since starting that protocol that I did not get sick first thing after waking up in the morning. I also could get through the day without using any anti-nausea meds. It […]
I have completed the Virginia Mason Pancreatic Cancer protocol. And not a moment too soon. I could scarcely stand up in the shower I was so dazed this morning. The last bag of Cisplatin last Monday. NO MORE!!! They removed the 5FU pump that I was carrying around attached to me for the past 5.5 […]
Just a quick check-in. I’ve got 2 more Monday treatments and 13 radiation doses. Tomorrow is another busy day. I’ve got the background nausea under pretty good control, or at least restraint. This week I started getting a liter of saline on Wednesday & Friday to help keep me hydrated. I do my best to […]
This has simply been the hardest, harshest treatment I’ve received so far in the past 2 years. I can list all the details but doing so just makes me sick again. Being ill is my #1 beef. Each week starts with what we’re now calling a “Monster Monday” with Cisplatin, radiation, interferon, and a top-off […]
I held off writing about my treatments until I got through a week of them. There’s a lot going on with this treatment, more than any of my other treatments. Usually I would get a mix of chemo in a single sitting, then wait a week or two before coming back and repeating. With this […]
Resume chemo, that is. My blood numbers are pretty much in good ranges. The antibiotics worked very well. I visited the hospital last Wednesday (March 25) and got a CT scan too. We could not find the abscess at all. What was measurable on March 11 is now gone without a trace. Dang, I wish […]
Don’t worry, I’m feeling pretty good. I still need naps. I’m on a strong course of antibiotics and so far, no side effects. I had a blood test and a CT scan on Wednesday and the news was good on all counts. My white blood cell count is still too low but has significantly recovered […]
I was walking my laps’o’boredom around my floor at the hospital when one of my docs caught me and told me he had a good surprise, and he did. They were ready to send me home after they had the results of one more test that they suspected would come out negative (good). My goodness, […]