I was hijacked by facebook....
It has been almost a year since I posted... so much has happened and so little has happened. But I must admit I got into posting on fb.... easy, quick access and friends just pop up out of my past and I get to see how great they are doing now. Love that part.
Last I posted I was facing chemo for my 2nd recurrence. I finished that cycle of chemo in August 2010 and was able to stay on a break from chemo for almost 5 months. Now I've started a new cycle of chemos for my 3rd recurrence.... this one is carboplatin and gemzar.... the gemzar is new to me. My first treatment was February 24th and side effects were moderate... the last of the 'effects' ended last night. Still/always have fatigue, but that's minor. This recurrence is a little more problematic... it's in my colon. The pathology of this tumor is showing that it's a little more aggressive than my previous tumors and I'm getting much higher counts on my tumor marker than I've had since I was first diagnosed. But we're trying chemo first, if that doesn't work, then surgery. We really don't want surgery that has it's own set of complications and risks. So for now I'm on chemo every 3 weeks. I'll know if the first round worked a little on March 17th, my next appt, that's when I'll get my tumor marker count lab results.
Emotionally we get through this with prayer, music, laughter and love. We talk about trips we've taken and trips we have planned.