Zac the Cat 1997-2010

Zac was gray tabby that my friend Joe gave to me in my new house. He had beautiful fur and beautiful green eyes. After a few days he stopped eating and drinking and passed away on Friday. Thank you Zac for the loving and purring you bought to me.

Chemo was on Thursday

Had chemo treatment on Thursday. Really nothing new to tell in that regard. I do enjoy the benedryl which makes nap time very enjoyable. My cancer makers did go lower under 200 which is nice. February will be a busy month with chemo and a ct scan. Praying that the tumors shrink some more. Only bad experience was lunch. Grilled cheese is not warm cheese on toast. May try something else next time.

Biopsy

Looks like I forgot to tell folks about the biopsy. Apparently it can't be done where its located. The option of surgery is out of the picture. So whatever this is will just have to be treated like colon cancer which they think it is but am not 100 percent sure. Right now its the best we can do.

Continuing Treatments

Looks like we will continue with the same treatments I'm getting Oxaliplatin and Xoleda. I think I have two more treatment of the Oxy but will continue on the pills. Also will have a ct scan in Feb. Treatments have made me tired and somewhat swell around the ankels. I'm hoping that these tumors shrink because there are only so many treatments he can try. We may end up trying a clinical study. This Thursday is another treatment so more fun in store.

CT Scans

On Tuesday I had a ct scan of abdomen and pelvic region. It was very crowded and for whatever reason did not have my orders right. Plus you drink some crappy stuff that upsets your stomach and wait in a cold room.
On Thursday I saw the doctor and they still did not have the scans. It was frustrating. After an hour we did get some news. There is good news on liver since the tumors have shrunk. However, there is a growth on the pelvic region which they are not sure what it is since the scan was inconclusive. It looks like we will biopsy sometime this week.

Treatment Went Well

I redid the chemo that gave me a reaction and everything went well. Only problem was it took so long I was there for ten hours. However they gave me an IV Benadryl which makes you very sleepy. I was planning on watching UP the disney movie but was too tried. So no more chemo drips for three weeks but I do have to take these pills instead. All in all feel pretty good.

Going for a retreatment

For whatever reason I became very flushed when I started my treatment. We will try again this Thursday. They may change some premedications and extend the time from the medicine being administered from two hours to six hours. That's a long time sitting around. Maybe I'll bring the laptop.