Monday, August 15, 2011

Well, I haven't even had the chance to respond to all of your wonderful emails yet, and the doc's office already called. I was on my only 2-day getaway to Monterey, came home today and just got the call. Everything is improving! Wonderful news! The doc is very pleased, and of course so are we. Now because of a little glitch, tomorrow will be my last radiation treatment (it's been making me cough, but they say that will go away in a few weeks). Tomorrow and Wednesday will also be the other scan, so please do keep me in your thoughts and prayers & I'll update again when I get the news from that scan. I cannot thank you all enough for the support you continue to give me. It means so much!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Well, I'm almost through with radiation (Tuesday) and I had my PET scan this morning. I should have the news Monday or Tuesday. We're praying for the best. It has been a tough summer, and I just got another two units of blood and a unit of platelets on Tuesday, so I'm hoping I'm good for a little while, since there are only two treatments left of radiation. It turned out that I had to do 10 treatments (not 5 like he originally said).
This week I will be having another type of scan that will tell us if my tumors are hormone-secreting or not. It will take most of Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, and I start back to work on Thursday. There went my summer! If the tumors are in fact hormone-secreting, there is a new treatment my doc would like to try that is NON-chemotherapy and NON-toxic to my body. I'm really praying this will happen. It will be so good for my body to get a break from chemo (especially if it works). Please keep me in your thoughts & prayers for good news on both scans. I truly thank all of you for your love, friendship & support! They mean so much to me!