Update

Tomorrow will be a week since I had my first chemo treatment.  The first few days I was pretty tired.  Now I am feeling pretty good other than this ongoing pain in both of my sides.  Today the right one has really bothered me.  Anyway, very thankful that no side effects have kicked in.

I will be getting my port put in NEXT Monday, December 5th.  They will access the port during surgery while I am still asleep.  Once I wake up, I will go upstairs for my second chemo treatment.  They are putting in a "power port" which means it can also be accessed during scans.

Results from biopsy

I had a molecular genetic test done October 25th.  This test was done to find out what chemo would best treat the growing tumors.  I heard from my oncologist today.  There are 5 different chemo options.  He named a few and I've actually done some of them before; 5FU and Irinotecan.  I'm not sure which one I'll be doing as of right now.  Should hear from the nurse tomorrow.  He did say he wanted to start me on one chemo for now, then add another one later as a combination.  I'll be getting a port sometime soon.  


I've been off systemic treatment since first of May (Nexavar).  I waited for what seemed like an eternity for insurance approval for Cyberknife.  Since the approval never came, the doctor decided to treat me at no cost.  I'm still amazed by that, even though I shouldn't be.  God's timing is always best!


Now since the tumors are growing and as much as I don't want to do this, I'm ready to get started on this leg of the journey.