I have been very fortunate – its been nearly three years since my diagnosis and I am NED (no evidence of disease, or the solid tumor equivalent of remission which is more commonly used for liquid […]
I’ve been chewing on this for a few days before getting to a point where I can write about it, but soon after the operation my surgeon shared the path report with me, and it […]
If chemo is a journey, then surgery is day out: chemo takes a long time, has many twists, turns and delays, and at times seems never to end; in contrast, surgery is for sure a […]
Today is a momentous day – my last chemo, certainly for now and hopefully for ever. It is only my fourth FAC, the drug combo that is the second phase of my treatment, following the 11 cycles of taxol. It is the last step in a 142 day, 15 treatment…
Just a quick post today to complete the story. I met with my oncologist just now, and she had reviewed the ultrasound information and was encouraged. She clearly saw the value in completing the FAC. While she conceded there was just a modest amoun…
I am writing this while waiting for my ultrasound exam, which will tell us whether the tumor is responding to FAC. If you recall, back on day 110 I described how my oncologist and I decided to move from taxol to FAC one week early, because the ult…
As promised on day 110, today I am writing about the drugs in the second phase of chemo that I am doing. FAC is a combination chemotherapy, made up of three different drugs, that can be thought of as variations on a single theme: inhibiting the co…
Happy New Year! I celebrate the start of 2013 as the year in which I will push my cancer into remission, as I complete the arc of my treatment. There is still a ways to go, but I’ll get there well before mid-year, all things being equal. The much …
I know I haven’t been writing as much this past week than before, but it is due to a combination of the oncoming holidays with their great family activities, being busy at work, feeling a bit tired some of the time and now committing to creating t…
Today, just a personal update. I met with my oncologist yesterday, for the regular monthly checkup to see how things are going. Then I did my taxol #5, which was uneventful. I even managed a brief nap between the blood pressure cuff automatically …
Entering a World of Pink 