Port-ed
This is my first real attempt at typing on a computer in a couple of days. I made the error of getting on it for a moment the day I got my port in and regretted that pretty quickly. Your fingers somehow are connected all of the way up into the ligaments in your neck and chest. I always hear a port insertion is simple and quick recovery. I am not sure if I am just a weenie, or everyone just remembers it being easier than it was (or...
Toxic
Yesterday morning I went in for my pre-appointment echocardiogram to get a baseline reading on my heart as we continue with the Taxotere, Herceptin and Perjeta regimen. I was curious and asked a lot of questions which made me a little late for my labs and oncology appoiontment (luckily my oncologist was still in with another appointment). When I met with my oncologist we chatted about the ovaries and my visit to MD Anderson. It sounds...
MD Anderson, More Tumors and Adventures in Texas
My post has been delayed this weekend. Every time I sat down to write it I ended up digging through my medical records, emailing doctors instead of posting or I was just out goofing off with Mike. We turned the trip into “Mandi and Mike’s goof-off-fiesta in Houston.” I turn every trip anywhere into a vacation. I love to travel and explore, it is my life’s passion. We are delaying our trip to Europe (this trip...
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...