On Taxotere, On Perjeta, On Herceptin
A new chemo is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get. I started out my week debating with myself if I had made the right choice. I had pushed for this (although it had been an option thrown out there in December). In my heart I do. I want Perjeta in my regimen, I know they may change at one point how and when you have access to it – but I don’t want to find out they haven’t changed it and...
Let There be Chemo
I have had 2 weeks of wheels spinning in my mind. I am not 100% sure why scans haven’t been on the books, but we have been scan happy, and maybe it is scan break time. My last PET-CT was just a month and a half ago. Yesterday I went in and had my blood drawn so we would have my tumor markers for today’s appointment. My oncologist is just so darn cute. I just have to say that. We started off the appointment doing the pain...
Confusion is Best Served Cold
I guess I didn’t really fully know what to expect when my oncology NP called with my tumor marker results, except my body has been telling me that more cancer is growing in there since about November. We did the PET-CT in December, and I guess it was a tad too soon to catch quite what is happening and now it is too soon to scan again. We can’t scan me every month. I might start to glow in the dark. My results were 112 at...
Just Keep Swimming
Today I met with my favorite Oncology Nurse Practitioner (I only have one, but she is still my favorite!), my oncologist was scheduled elsewhere (which I knew would be the case before my appointment). This week has been a more emotional one for us. I have been trying to wrap my head around how I managed to get ONJ so early and WHY. I point fingers at myself in 5 different ways. I drink wine, maybe my gums weren’t healthy…...
I am the 2% (or 8%?)
Stats everywhere, who knows what is whatever. Go Dr. Google. This one is my fault, I guess I didn’t properly Dr. Google Zometa. I had heard of this very rare side effect that involved your jaw rotting away, but I was like “hell no, not me, not looking into that. NOPE.” Well… guess what? Don’t Dr. Google it. The images are awful and the ones in my pamphlet are just as bad. Not long after my first Zometa...