Monday I saw Dr. Amanze and got the scans results. There is no new growth in any of the tumors. That is Wonderful! Apparently there is pneumonia on my left lung. She said there was nothing to be done about this. The pneumonia was caused from the radiation.
Dr. Amanze was very surprised that I already had neuropathy (numbness and tingling) in my fingertips and feet this soon into the treatment.
Dr. Amanze wants to do scans again the week of September 17th. This will be after 3 cycles of the chemo.
At the hospital they gave me the Irinotecan over an hour and a half. Monday I started getting chemo at Dr. Amanze's office. They decided to give it to me in 45 minutes. Fine with me.
She also cut the amount of Decadron (steroid) from 8 mg to 4 mg. Hopefully this will help with the lack of sleep and the tiredness on my week off.
The Vincristine is also causing me not to sleep well at night.
I must say, so far so good!
BTW, Burt and I had a fabulous time on the cruise.
More later~
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Praying for some peaceful rest for you! Your dad has been very kind to us and Maggie. She had to have knee surgery this week. We get her back this weekend. Love you!
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