Another Tuesday Come and Gone...

Well, we began the 3rd cycle of chemo infusions today, Tuesday afternoon. Charlie and I met with Dr. Richards and the only thing concerning him was that my hemoglobin was lower than he liked. The chemo is bringing the protien spike down which is what we need to happen in order to harvest my stem cells at Duke. The negative is that the chemo is affecting my hemoglobin which explains why I am so tried!! I have the week off from the "high powered"oral chemo. I have to re-qualify for another round of it which I should begin on Sunday night.

My port site was not healing to satisfy all, so I had to have stiches put in it today by radiology intervention techs. I am to have it checked on Friday after Thanksgiving. But it can be used for this Friday's infusion and next Tuesday's infusion. YEAH!! Please pray that it will heal correctly and without any infection!
Thank you ALL for your continued support and prayers.

Charlie and I and all our family hope you will have a VERY BLESSED THANKSGIVING!!

My Week Off!

It's Monday and I am looking forward to my week off of chemo treatments. Since my last post I have started an oral chemo schedule in addition to the intraveneous sessions. I wasn't sure what to expect, and had heard of some awful complications that can result from these pills, but have pleasantly experienced none of them! The only effect so far is I am very tired. I went to the doctor today because my porticath was dislodging. They fixed the problem and hopefully it will heal in the next couple of days.

We had a great weekend celebrating our niece's and nephew's birthdays. All the family came over on Saturday and my sister provided lunch for everyone. Natalie and Jordan were in from Elkton and spent the whole weekend with us!

My oncologist thinks it will be the first of 2010 before I go to Duke for the stem cell harvesting. That should give me 4-5 rounds of chemo beforehand. It is a long road, but promising! We are thankful for all of you who pray for our family. It is in these times that we realize what matters the most!