Chemo Session 13

Friday was fairly uneventful. We got to GT and met with Dr Marshall alone. That is one of the things I really like about our Dr. No Ego. We went over the results of the CT Scan. Everyone's scans show some stuff - which was true for Scotty - his scans showed clean. His cancer markers were no where to be found. There was some thickness near his colon but Dr Marshall said you just had surgery so that is to be expected. So for all intents and purposes, he is clear. Scott needs to go get a colonoscopy in about a month or 2 which is a month or 2 earlier than the one year. Dr M said he has no reason for concern and no reason not to move forward with the rest of the treatment.

We did review some of Scott's symptoms. Keep in mind, he has now had 12 rounds of chemo. 12 rounds of toxic chemicals added to his body so it is only expected that he has some side effects. He still is having headaches. Dr M instructed us to get a blood pressure monitor and take it to make sure it isn't elevated bp which the last drug Avastin is known to cause. His neuropathy is still bad too. The cold sensitivity has seemed to lessen. Not go away completely, but he was able to drink something cold earlier in the week without a huge amount of discomfort. It's the resonating numbness that seems to be worse. Dr M was not overly concerned by it but will be tracking it.

We headed upstairs. 7th floor, infusion. Mercedes was not on duty, so we shared our time with Sonia. We moved our every 2 week chemo to Fridays. No real reason, just something we did. It took about 4 hours total from getting into the drs, to waiting on the chemo, to administering it. It did seem like a vacation compared to the previous 12. We don't even have to wait on blood tests. One great thing is no more chemo pack to take home and return. Scott still doesn't feel "good" but how could he really.

As I mentioned, he still has these bad headaches. The Dr gave him some meds which do help but he can't take them during the day for obvious reasons. Scott took it fairly easy all weekend as he just wasn't up to doing much.