Happy Hump Day even if you are not a camel.
As you know, we have now completed four chemo treatments. This was done for two reasons. One, to relieve some severe pain that I had been experiencing for months. Two, to bring down my tumor marker number (ca19-9).
Compared to the chemo that I had in Jan-Feb of this year, these treatments have been very tolerable. I take a treatment every other Monday, go home with a pump, then go back on Wednesday to return the pump. As I said, so far these treatments have been tolerable. Dr. Chang says that is because I am only taking two of the three drugs that I was taking before, and I am taking a smaller dosage. That's okay with me. I sure feel much better.
So, update: after wearing a pain patch of 150mg for the past several months, we have been able to cut it back to 100, then 75 and now 50. In addition, we formerly were changing the patch every other night, and now we change it every third night. So far, pain is controlled. The chemo seems to be working on the pain.
As far as the numbers are concerned. My liver enzymes were high and now have come down. And my tumor marker has dropped from 2059 to 1667 in just one month. Even though the 'normal' is 40 or less, at least we are trending in the right direction.
Personally, here is some really good news. When I received Dr. Chang's text that my ca19-9 had come down, I returned a text to her that "God is good! Her response was "Yes, God is good!!!
She is my kind of doctor. I am thankful for her, and for all of you who continue to care about me and are praying for me and are looking to see what God has in store for us next. He really is good!!! And it really is All About Him!
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