Chemo #3

This morning was chemo#3. My friend Karen came with me to keep me company. They put me in a bed rather than in a chair. It was much more comfortable for the 2 1/2 hours. The port worked as it should. One needle poke and it was done. I did have some shoulder pain on my left side this time and some tightness across my chest. This is the first time that this has happened but the nurse says that this sometimes happens with a port. It went away after I laided down flat and had a hot blanket put on. It was a disturbing feeling though.

Tonight I was very fortunate to have a hot dinner delivered to our family from a family at Jessica's school as well as many, many frozen meals for our freezer and lots of baking (someone is always looking out for Sandy). What a nice unexpected and truly appreciated generousity. No meal planning for me this week. I don't know what the side effects of chemo will be this time or when it may or may not show up. So far I am feeling OK. I plan to be in bed early tonight as not to tire myself out. It looks like it will be a cold and rainy weekend which is good for watching movies and reading.

Looks like I will have 1 more chemo's before my liver CT. My next chemo is Sept 30. The liver CT is scheduled for October 7. That will be lots of time to see if the chemo on my liver has been working. I sure hope so.

For those with a Dr.'s degree I will write exactly what the radiologist wrote about my brain tumor. For those without a Dr.'s degree get out the big dictionary.

"Marked interval decreased size of previously described superior vermian metastasis. No residual mass detected. No evidence of new interval intracranial metastatic disease."

That is great news. Now I need to get off these steriods and see if I can keep the headaches from coming back.

Have great weekend everyone!!!

Love Carolin