Last Sunday morning there was a man in church who was visiting from Dunedin. We knew of him through our sister-in-law who is a nurse at the hospice where this man, Tim, is a doctor. Tim has exactly the same condition as I have and has also had the radio-active spheres inserted in his liver. [...]
My appointment for chemo finally went ahead last Friday but not before more ups and downs. The previous week I was unable to have it because my platelets were under 75. I had another blood test on the following Wednesday and while the platelets had recovered, my white cell count and my neutrafils were down. [...]
Although I missed out on chemo last week I did get the results of the last CT scan and they showed continued reductions in the metastases they are monitoring. The scans only take a cross-section of the tumours so we assume the depth is also reducing as well as the width and length. The sizes [...]
I was supposed to have chemo again last Friday but once again my platelets were too low (69 where minimum is 75). I had a feeling this might happen as I’d had a couple of very minor nose bleeds during the week and that is usually a sign. It was frustrating having to turn around [...]
In spite of the disastrous surgical procedure to insert a porta-cath into my chest at the start of my treatment regime, I am enjoying not having to have PICC-line attached to my arm. That would require weekly dressing and would impede a lot of normal activity, as well as be a constant reminder that ‘I [...]
At my last appointment with the Oncologist I enquired about the results of the CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) tests. Taken at the time of my blood tests, this measures a protein in the blood that is called a tumour marker. I was told that on their own they do not mean a lot but give an indication of [...]
If you enjoyed the post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed.
© 2010
Powered by WordPress. Design by 
Recent Comments