Great News!!!!

Great news from the Dr. today.  My tumor has shrunk 70%!!!!!  also my CA-125 is 8.6   the lowest it has ever been.  No surgery for now, continue chemo for another 6 months, then another cat scan.  If the results are good I hopefully will be put on a maintenance chemo.  The Dr. is cutting back on my chemo this month to see if we can control how I feel after treatment, so I'm not as tired and dragged out.  Also, stopping the one chemo as it's  side effects are causing me to have severe nose bleeds and trouble swallowing.  I'm scheduled for a scope of my throat and esophagus in a few weeks to see what the problem is.

Thinking that being in Mexico played a big part in my healing.  The sunshine and warm weather, lower stress and just relaxing and enjoying life.....may just have to go back!!!

Thank-you all for keeping my in your prayers....Peace & Love  

YUCK

For whatever reason this round of chemo has taken me down!  Received it on Friday morning and later that night was up sick several times.  Slept most of the day Saturday and felt "ok" to go to dinner with Bob, Abby & Dan, his Mom and cousin Mike.  Guess I shouldn't have because after a few bites I was walking quickly to the bathroom where I got sick several more times.  Not a great way to spend the evening...or a restaurant bathroom to be ill in.   Today I "thought" I felt better and we had friends over to celebrate my long ago birthday.....nope..not gonna happen today either!!!  a few bites of pie and some pasta and was sick again.  A little concerned as I have my cat scan tomorrow morning and Abby told me if my "counts" are low they won't do the scan, and I really don't want to drink the barium and be told it can't be done!!!   Also don't want to have to go into the hospital for hydration, but may if I can't keep anything in me.  So I'm going to go to bed and pray really hard that I can sleep thru the night and get thru the test tomorrow and will have positive results on Friday when we meet with the Dr.again.   Peace & Love <3

Back in Michigan

Our 2 months in paradise came to an end this week.  Thankfully we arrived back home to spring like weather instead of cold and snow! Fun and games are over as I begin treatments again.  I've already completed a 3 1/2 hour round of chemo on Friday, will have another round this up-coming Friday, cat-scan on Monday and a Dr. visit on Friday march 30th to find out the results of the cat scan..and where we go from here.

The sunshine and being away did wonders for my soul. Lazy days sitting at the beach, reading and enjoying dinners with friends all helped lift my spirits.  Being home the depression has creeped back in some.  There was always something going on to keep my mind occupied, my body moving, etc in Mexico....here at home I have to make it happen. I did go to my nephews 30th birthday party and stayed for several hours, thou I wasn't feeling all that well.  Today I managed to get outside and sit in the sun for an hour or so. Looking forward to working in the yard and watching all my hostas pop up out of the ground..still alittle too iffy to un-cover them.  Also looking forward to catching up with friends and family we haven't seen since we left in January.  Will keep up-dating any results that come in.  Peace & Love   Marcia