Well it seems the roller coaster of life isn't going to get any easier in the short term. I feel like closing my eyes and putting my fingers in my ears and going 'La la la la... I can't hear you!!'. But life doesn't work like that, I have to be grown up and so I listened as Prof explained the latest set of results to me... So my latest blood tests show that my liver is seriously struggling and my breast cancer marker has increased. The biggest worry is my liver as this could suggest the cancer has grown or that the current treatment is damaging it. But we don't know which it is yet. Prof wants another set of test results next week to see what's going on and if there is a trend. I only started the new drug two weeks ago, so we want to give it a chance to work. The plan will then be decided. I may stay on this treatment and be closely monitored to see if the tests improve or we may switch me onto a chemo tablet and do a CT scan to see if the cancer has grown. We are in limbo for a week and need to sit tight and wait. Then decisions can be made.
Prof already has another drug ready and waiting for me as a back up option that my liver should cope with better. However, we don't want to use this next option yet, if we can avoid it as this is about extending life for as long as possible and so the more options I have the better.
As far as I'm concerned...this is a small set back and simply an inconvenience in my life that I shall yet again overcome!
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Christine
8/18/2017 07:48:21 am
Everything I have is crossed for you.
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