Tuesday, March 9, 2021

First Dose of Carboplatin

Part of one of the new Chemo treatment was successful. She was able to overcome a potential bad reaction to the drug with the use of a desensitization protocol. Simply put the drug was infused slowly over four doses instead of one quick infusion. It was a long day but she's back home safe. Now it's on to part two of the treatment--killing cancer cells.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Taxol ineffective new plan developed

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

The day started after an anxious night of sleep knowing that we were once again at a crossroads in the journey to survive cancer.
The blood indicators are rising, the pain has returned and the scan shows an increase in the size of existing lesions and the appearance of a new one.
My wife is worried, I'm worried, it's stressful and impacting our ability to effectively communicate with one another.
When it's dark we have to find light and in our case, the light is in the form of the medical professionals at the University of Pennsylvania. There has never been a time that we walked into the facility with a problem and not walked out with a plan to treat it. Today was no different. We are back on the road to recovery.