MandaBean
Sweet Shoppe Founder
It's been a while since I posted any kind of updates on my Mom. I haven't even discussed her with my CT much at all, and this will be a good update for them since they are constantly asking about her. 
I'm too lazy to look back and see when the last post was, but since the initial "It's bone cancer.." post, she's been going through chemo again. We go for her 7th treatment on Monday, and so far it's been great. The chemo drug they are giving her (Ixempra) targets breast cancer, and they are treating her every 3 weeks. We're there from about 9am until 3-4pm usually and it's not really that bad. She sleeps mostly and I read.
When she was diagnosed, her blood-work showed that her 'tumor marker' was 407. Typically, this number should be 37 *i think* or below, so this was a huge increase. They will test her after 3 treatments, so each 6 weeks she has this test. The first test showed that her marker # dropped from 407 to 124. We were thrilled with this, because obviously the cancer cells are being kicked off. They recently tested her again, and her numbers were up a bit, but still a great drop from the start. She's now at 132.
Her hair was coming out like crazy when the chemo started, and finally I shaved her head. Funny thing though..once I shaved it, it started to grow back and is almost an inch long now. It's cute, but she wears her wig most of the time.
She still has alot of pain, but she's a fighter and is stronger than I could ever think of being. I know miracles can happen, and we won't sit around waiting for her to die because this disease is not curable. Instead, we just say lots of prayers and keep on truckin'. I take her out shopping as much as I can. I fact, we're going tomorrow. If everyone would just continue to keep us in your thoughts, that'd be awesome.
I'm too lazy to look back and see when the last post was, but since the initial "It's bone cancer.." post, she's been going through chemo again. We go for her 7th treatment on Monday, and so far it's been great. The chemo drug they are giving her (Ixempra) targets breast cancer, and they are treating her every 3 weeks. We're there from about 9am until 3-4pm usually and it's not really that bad. She sleeps mostly and I read.
When she was diagnosed, her blood-work showed that her 'tumor marker' was 407. Typically, this number should be 37 *i think* or below, so this was a huge increase. They will test her after 3 treatments, so each 6 weeks she has this test. The first test showed that her marker # dropped from 407 to 124. We were thrilled with this, because obviously the cancer cells are being kicked off. They recently tested her again, and her numbers were up a bit, but still a great drop from the start. She's now at 132.
Her hair was coming out like crazy when the chemo started, and finally I shaved her head. Funny thing though..once I shaved it, it started to grow back and is almost an inch long now. It's cute, but she wears her wig most of the time.
She still has alot of pain, but she's a fighter and is stronger than I could ever think of being. I know miracles can happen, and we won't sit around waiting for her to die because this disease is not curable. Instead, we just say lots of prayers and keep on truckin'. I take her out shopping as much as I can. I fact, we're going tomorrow. If everyone would just continue to keep us in your thoughts, that'd be awesome.
