Soni's Cancer Treatment Schedule for Week of 4/01/08

4/01/08
Each of Soni's chemo cycles will be as follows:
1 cycle = A chemo on a Friday and wait 3 weeks.
Then 2nd cycle starts.
She will do 4 cycles then have a PET Scan. If no cancer is present, then 2 more cycles for a total of 6 and hopefully finished with chemo.
Otherwise, there will be 2 more cycles for a total of 8.
The chemo will not be started until April 11 when Dr. Harker returns from a trip. So before that, he has scheduled several tests and procedures.

The schedule for test and procedures is:

(Wed. 4/02, 07:00) go to St.Mark Hospital to have the port installed. We have learned that there are 2 options... a PICC which is like they put in your arm to draw several vials of blood (it would have to be kept wrapped to keep it from getting in the way all the time), and a Port which is a device placed just under the skin up by the collar bone.

(Wed. 4/02, 17:30) go to the cancer Center for a chemo class.

(Thu. 4/03, 12:30) go to the cancer Center for a CT PET

(Fri.. 4/04, 15:30) go to St.Mark Hospital to have the port checked to see that there is no infection.

(Wed. 4/09, 09:30) go to St.Mark Hospital for an endoscopy and bone marrow scan.

(Thu. 4/10, 08:00) go to St.Mark Hospital for an EKG

(Fri. 4/11, 08:15) go to the cancer Center for 7 hours for the 1st chemo cycle.