Chemo #3 & CT Scan

Sorry I haven't really kept up with this, things have been very busy!

Mom had her CT Scan done two weeks ago, last Thursday we went to hear the results and get her on her third treatment of chemotherapy. As we were listening to what the doctors had to say, we found out that the lesion on Mom's L-5 (lower back) either stabilized or got bigger. The other lesions stabilized while the tumor in her lung actually got smaller. Dr. Karp informed us that she is adding a third drug to the chemo treatment; this will starve the tumor by cutting off the blood supply and keep the veins from feeding the tumor. Because the added drug will also add another hour and a half to her treatment, she had to go back Friday. So far she is handling the effects very well, she's just been very tired. No nausea at all! However, her throat still hurts from the radiation, but is definitely getting better. All in all, things are largely going the way we want them to. So it was more good news than bad, but I guess you could say it was good news with caution. They will do another treatment and get another CT Scan to be able to compare the growth of the lesion on Mom's L-5, the doctors are not sure because there was a five to six week period between the tests/scans and the start of the treatment, so it's hard to compare. They are going to keep an eye on this area of concern but everything else is responding extremely well.