At Cedars
First, a short
retrospective: A week ago Wednesday May 31, Gini trekked to Cedars Procedure
Center for installation of a peripherally accessed subcutaneous port, an
outpatient procedure that, in theory at least, enables the infusion nurses to
more readily access her veins. The
procedure went fine, despite the excess waiting, and we are eager to find if
the new set up actually works in practice.
Head infusion nurse Wes again said during wrap up (literally) the port
was a smart choice.
Thursday, Gini started
with her standard blood tests. Her CA-125 marker, which was 9 four weeks ago (8
weeks post surgery), came I at 6.
That is a great result (we got the figure at 1:30p on Friday). It appears the chemo is working. Yeah!
The rest of her
blood panels were, apparently good enough to proceed with the planned infusion
cocktail. Some of the figures are a bit
out of range, but presumably that is "normal" given the chemo
assault.
When she met with
Dr. Li, Gini learned that she should do as well or better with her new regimen
(carboplatin plus Lipodox once ever four weeks). That is, her chances for a prolonged
remission are "good," and no worse than any other cocktail she might
be taking. And, of course, an upside of
her current regimen is that side effects are expected to be less noticeable.
We got to Cedars
early and were ready for infusion by 9:25 or so, but things have a way of catching up (or falling behind,
etc.) .
Today, Friday, Gini is
doing pretty well. We've already
been out for a short shopping trip and just need to keep a positive outlook…
No comments:
Post a Comment