doctor update

Saw Dr. DeP yesterday. My physical exam was good. The new plan is to do a total of 6 rounds of Doxil once a month. This means my treatments will go into November as opposed to Aug 23rd. The change is due to recent research, and best practices. Overall doxil has been very good to me, but the question remains, is it being good to my cancer? That can not fully be decided until after 3 or 4 treatments. I will get a CT scan after my third chemo to see if it is working. I feel some positive changes, but have a few mild symptoms. Yes, I visualize bomgs dropping one the cancer and in yoga I breath out toxins. Although I must confess I have more faith in prayers and positive thoughts.

The Battle Continues

am a sore loser and have perhaps a bit too proud. That is my excuse for being remiss on keeping up with the blog. I felt like a failure, and that I had let many people down who had prayed and boosted my morale during my last bout with cancer, when my cancer returned. MEB says I should just call it the reurn of the Jedi and now really have a show at kicking cancer's ass. I'll go with that. My Chemo on 6-20-07 went fine. My CA-125 was oly a 54. My muga-scan showed I was an 85%, I think. That is good. Previous to this chemo, I was given what I called the "wheel of misfortune" regarding liposomal doxorubicin. The list side effects and pictures were scarey. Once again as with many things in life, the anticipation was worse than the treatment. My next chemo is 7-12-07. Currently I feel great. I have been trying to do Yoga everyday. I allow myself a maximum of 2 hours of gardening. Most days, it is an hour and half. I have picked 8 tomatoes, 3 zuchini, and I would say 3 lbs. of green beans. I like many people wish it would rain. My flowers are blooming. MAB has finalized the majority of the wedding plans. Everyone has a dress to wear. We will be looking good! Eating and dancing...celebrating... Life is good!!!!

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chemos began

I tolerated the new chemo. It has a few more cautions. It can make me even hotter. Feeling Hot, hot, hot! Teasing, seriously I am to stay out of the sun, heat, and I must eat cool foods and take cool showers. They even said not to vacuum or do dishes. My husband said the Dr. and I got together on that one. It is hard to follow all those directions when I feel so good.