Wednesday, February 01, 2006

BACK TO CHEMO

Hey everyone! Well my travelling days are done for now. I started chemo last Monday and felt pretty bad the first week. Im starting to feel alittle better and Im sure that as soon as I do feel okay again it will be time again for another treatment. So heres the skinny:
Last PET/CT: There was more growth of my disease in different places, there is an additional spot in my liver, more lymphnodes and a new spot in my spine. Dont feel the one in the spine yet, so thats good, usually thats where the most pain is, in the bone. But as usual I dont feel it yet. Ill have 6 treatments one every three weeks, with blood test and possible shots in between those weeks. I am now taking ABRAXIN AND AVASTIN. Abraxin is the chemo for the breast cancer and avastin is a treatment (via iv) that is FDA approved for Colon and Rectal cancer, but more and more breast cancer patients are using it. In essence it stops the blood flow to the tumors in an effort to stop the growth. So hopefully these items will help knock down the cancer so that when Im done treatments by May and feeling better I can do some more travelling around!!
Acapulco: I had an amazing time in Mexico!! My friends Lizzie, Jodi and Lindsey from Colorado met me and Scott there and we had a ball!!Scott, myself and friends had a little ceremony on the beach the last night we were there to join Scott and I in our eternal love. Hee Hee. So now my wedding aniversary is January 16!! Pretty cool huh!! It was beautiful and amazing!!! Lizzie took pics, so hopefully I will have them soon to share with everyone! I am so glad that I was able to go there and make it a monumental couple weeks!!
So now, I am hanging out at the house trying to take it easy and relax during this set of treatments, I wont be travelling to Vegas this round of chemo. Oh well.
All are welcome to come visit me at the house, Im not very good at the phone thing while in chemo, but would love the visitors if anyone wants to come by and see me..
HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH EVERYONE AND I HOPE THAT THE NEW YEAR IS BRINGING LOTS OF CHEER AND HAPPINESS TO ALL!!!!
You can always browse the old posts at the blog to get to links to pics of me on my adventures!!

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