I started my new chemo combo therapy called Gemzar and Carboplatin 10 days after I finished with my last 21 days Ibrance cycle. A Gemzar/Carbo cycle is day 1 and day 8 then a week off then start over. We checked my blood panels which weren’t too bad, just some lower than normal cell counts…
NO MORE DAGGERS IN MY THIGHS!!! I’m really excited about this albeit maybe somewhat misguided…unfortunately no more daggers means a new chemo as the Ibrance/Faslodex combo didn’t do a damn thing to stabilize this cancer. For 3 months I was on the combination therapy of an oral chemo called Ibrance and monthly shots called Flasodex….
Ain’t that the truth! Two whole months with no treatment break! UGH! Radiation February 25th – March 2nd Chemo February 29 – March 17th (it ended a few days early due to low cell count.) Shots and Infusion March 24th (technically my week off chemo) Radiation starts again Monday March 28th Chemo April 4th –…
Back in December I started feeling a low back pain that I couldn’t quite determine if it was bone pain or simply a pulled muscle. I thought I’d just wait until my PET/CT end of December to see if anything was going on. Well, something was amiss on my scan – a portion of my…
It has officially been 2 weeks since I started Ibrance, my oral targeted therapy and my Zoladex and Faslodex shots. I would have to say the biggest side effects I have been experiencing are fatigue, no energy, nausea and bleeding gums. I’ve been sleeping a lot again. I recently had a mouth sore but that didn’t…
I have officially been off chemo for 4 1/2 weeks. It has been a struggle deciding what to do next givin my extreme mental attitude toward ovary suppression or removal. I believe stopping my ovaries or removing them (oopherectomy) will not stop the cancer from spreading and I’m partial to keeping my organs that having…
On December 21st I had my regularly scheduled PET/CT and unfortunately Abraxane has stopped working. I have progression again. I’m quite sad about this news. Once again neither The Blood Guy nor I were prepared to see this happening and again I am devastated. I have done so well on Abraxane and truly a great…