So many people were praying today for my doctors appointment, and God answered in the form of some good news.
Most important: i didn’t have to get chemo today. This chemo is going to be given on a 21 day cycle. Basically that means i will get two chemo infusions two mondays in a row, and the third monday i will do labs, but no infusion. That three week rotation will last for several months. Since i want to get my treatments on mondays, they have to start on a monday. So my first chemo treatment will be Monday, October 8! Yay!
Also: The tests and exams that i have been going through the past couple of weeks show that the tumor has not increased in size from when it was originally diagnosed.
And last, but certainly not least, i found out today that the side effects from this chemo are different. There will still be nausea and other issues, and the possible SE that are listed are still the “worst case scenario” type of information. However, overall there have been a lot of encouraging reports from patients that have used and are using the two medications. (thank you!)
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