Ahhh..the joys of "cancer life"! haha Let's see...got my tumor marker results back last week and it wasn't as good as we had expected. We started out at 170 then down to 114 and this last one was only 108. So not much progress on the last one. Normal is 38. So we are going to get another bone scan done next week and try and figure out exactly where we are at, if we have just hit a plateau or ???
I was told that Chemo may send me into full blown menopause and it has officially hit me, hot flashes and all. The only relief my oncologist can offer is a drug called Effexor and I'm not to the point yet that I want to be taking another drug..so for now I'm just going to endure it.
Today, I had a tooth crack and break which happens to be an issue right now because of the Zometa that I get once a month with my chemo. Zometa can have some ugly side effects relating to the jaw if there is any infection in the mouth. So major dental work is not good. I am going to look for an oral surgeon and see how serious he feels this is..until then my doc is not giving me Taxol (my chemo drug) in case any dental work is imminent that could lower my white blood cell count. I don't quite understand that all right now but will probably have a better idea soon.
Thats is for now...stay tuned!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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