Thursday, August 30, 2007
Waiting
My scans before I left to go on vacation were inconclusive. My tumor markers had blipped up, my liver functions had blipped up, the scans showed possible new activity in the thoracic spine and possibly the dome of the liver, but Dr. Hayes' advice was to wait and see how the next round of blood tests went, since my numbers have blipped up in the past only to blip back down again.
This week the lab screwed up and didn't take all the appropriate vials of blood, so I had to drive to the hospital early this morning to get poked so that Lita can call me with the tumor counts and liver enzyme numbers.
It may be that I am coming to the end of my relationship with Abraxane. If my numbers keep going up, I will get to go through the scans again before next month's appointment with Dr. Hayes.
There are other drugs I might try instead, like Xeloda or Navelbine. I've been on Abraxane for approximately a year, which Dr. Hayes says is about to be expected. If the chemo drugs are only going to be effective for a year, I sure hope they keep crankin' new ones out.
This week the lab screwed up and didn't take all the appropriate vials of blood, so I had to drive to the hospital early this morning to get poked so that Lita can call me with the tumor counts and liver enzyme numbers.
It may be that I am coming to the end of my relationship with Abraxane. If my numbers keep going up, I will get to go through the scans again before next month's appointment with Dr. Hayes.
There are other drugs I might try instead, like Xeloda or Navelbine. I've been on Abraxane for approximately a year, which Dr. Hayes says is about to be expected. If the chemo drugs are only going to be effective for a year, I sure hope they keep crankin' new ones out.
Labels: Abraxane, bone scan, CT scan, Dr. Hayes, Lita, liver, Navelbine, tumor marker, Xeloda
