I'm Still Standin'

When I went for my Dr. appt. on the tenth the nurse had me hooked up for chemo.  I told her, "Oh , no, I'm finished, I'm not here for chemo today."  Long story short.  I was wrong.  The Dr. had every intention of keeping me on for four more months.  I was not prepared for that and in fact resisted a bit but he convinced me the cancer would continue to grow if I did not fight it with the chemo.  He told us that he has a patient with a similar situation as mine who has done continuous treatments for four years and is still alive.  I wondered how damaged her body is from all of those treatments.  In the back of my mind I was determined to fight it with my natural remedies but decided I would just do both.  We did get new antigen numbers this morning and they are down by 95 points.  Yay!

In spite of the chemo and the fatigue, I rode my bike with Maxine yesterday and today for our first of the season rides along the river bike trail.  I am exhausted but it was worth it! I'm still standing'.

Twists and Turns

I had my PET scan this last week and thought I would have to wait until my Dr. appt on the tenth to find out the results.  It turned out the the wonderful nurses did not want to have to make me wait that long to get good news!  Yes, my antigen numbers are still up and even went up 3 additional points but the PET scan showed reduced tumor activity.  I have gone from a 4 to 2.4 in tumor activity since December.  There are no new tumors and activity is only still showing in the pancreas and not the liver.  The scan is what is the real indicator.  I will take good news any way I can get it!  Twists and turns!