8/29/08
Soni had a blood draw yesterday and the platelet count was low. They will do another blood draw today to see what the trend is... whether still going down, or has it stabilized. It had been around 31 but was down to 28 yesterday. If it drops to 24, they will do a blood transfusion.
The prednisone that she takes for 5 days after each chemo and the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey seemed to help some this last time. She was still shaky but not quite as tired.
Hopefully her blood draw today will at least be stable. The next chemo is on 9/08.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
8/18/08
Soni had the EKG last Wed. 8/13/08 and chemo #7 today. The EKG showed her heart to be doing great with no problems from all the chemo drugs that have been pumped into her.
The prednizone(sp?) that she takes for 5 days after each chemo has had the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey.
Her blood draw will be on the 28th of Sept. and the next chemo on 9/08.
Soni had the EKG last Wed. 8/13/08 and chemo #7 today. The EKG showed her heart to be doing great with no problems from all the chemo drugs that have been pumped into her.
The prednizone(sp?) that she takes for 5 days after each chemo has had the dosage adjusted so she comes off of it gradually at the end of 5 days rather than cold turkey.
Her blood draw will be on the 28th of Sept. and the next chemo on 9/08.
Friday, August 8, 2008
8/08/08
Soni met with Dr. Harker today. He had bad & good news. The good is that there is still progress being made in the shrinking of the cancer. The bad is that it is not as rapid as he had hoped. So after the next 2 chemo treatments, he will do another PET-scan and if it is not completely gone, she will need to have radiation... which, of course, she is definitely not looking forward to.
She will have an EKG next Wed. 8/13/08 before the next chemo on Mon. 8/18/08.
Soni met with Dr. Harker today. He had bad & good news. The good is that there is still progress being made in the shrinking of the cancer. The bad is that it is not as rapid as he had hoped. So after the next 2 chemo treatments, he will do another PET-scan and if it is not completely gone, she will need to have radiation... which, of course, she is definitely not looking forward to.
She will have an EKG next Wed. 8/13/08 before the next chemo on Mon. 8/18/08.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
8/02/08
Soni had a PET-scan yesterday (Friday, 8/01/08), to see if either a) the PET is still there or whether b) the cancer is still shrinking. We will find out next weekend when she has blood drawn on Thursday before talking with Dr. Harker on Friday, 8/08/08. Her PET (me) is still here, but we hope the other little beast has decreased its presence! She has run out of energy today and her legs and feet are hurting due to retaining water and swelling.
Soni had a PET-scan yesterday (Friday, 8/01/08), to see if either a) the PET is still there or whether b) the cancer is still shrinking. We will find out next weekend when she has blood drawn on Thursday before talking with Dr. Harker on Friday, 8/08/08. Her PET (me) is still here, but we hope the other little beast has decreased its presence! She has run out of energy today and her legs and feet are hurting due to retaining water and swelling.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
7/29/08
Soni had chemo #6 yesterday (7/28/08), and all went well. She still feels fine today, but will probably bomb out around Friday night or Saturday if the past record remains on course.
She has a PET-scan this Friday, 8/01/08, to see whether the cancer is still shrinking. If so, they will go ahead with 2 more RCHOP treatments of chemo.
Soni had chemo #6 yesterday (7/28/08), and all went well. She still feels fine today, but will probably bomb out around Friday night or Saturday if the past record remains on course.
She has a PET-scan this Friday, 8/01/08, to see whether the cancer is still shrinking. If so, they will go ahead with 2 more RCHOP treatments of chemo.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
7/15/08
For 5 days after Soni's last chemo on 7/03/08, she felt OK. But the bottom dropped out Tuesday and she slept almost 24/7 until Monday 7/14 when she was able to function again. She had another "blood-letting" today (7/15) and it turned out to be about the same as the last one. She seems to feel great today.
Her chemo #6 will be on 7/28/08.
For 5 days after Soni's last chemo on 7/03/08, she felt OK. But the bottom dropped out Tuesday and she slept almost 24/7 until Monday 7/14 when she was able to function again. She had another "blood-letting" today (7/15) and it turned out to be about the same as the last one. She seems to feel great today.
Her chemo #6 will be on 7/28/08.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
7/03/08
Chemo #5 was completed today. The results from the PET Scan last week indicated that there is only one small piece of cancer left in the center portion of the thorax. The rest have all vanished. So things are continuing to look up. She will have her blood drawn and tested next Tuesday, 7/08/2008.
The only downside at this point is that Soni's meds will keep her going and feeling pretty good for the next 5 days, but at that point she will bottom out and feel really down and out for about a week before she starts to build up her energy again. The downer week is the week of the reunion, so she is not sure if she will feel like going. We will just have to wait and see.
Chemo #5 was completed today. The results from the PET Scan last week indicated that there is only one small piece of cancer left in the center portion of the thorax. The rest have all vanished. So things are continuing to look up. She will have her blood drawn and tested next Tuesday, 7/08/2008.
The only downside at this point is that Soni's meds will keep her going and feeling pretty good for the next 5 days, but at that point she will bottom out and feel really down and out for about a week before she starts to build up her energy again. The downer week is the week of the reunion, so she is not sure if she will feel like going. We will just have to wait and see.
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