A little good news perhaps!

We completed treatment #3 of 8 chemotherapies for this third line of treatment yesterday in Miami. The home infusion option was quickly denied by insurance after one visit and honestly I'm more comfortable to travel to Miami each week and keep close contact with Dr. Ardalan at this point. It is a one day treatment and doesn't require an overnight stay in the hospital.
We received a call from the Drs this morning at 0815-my first thought-oh no...but they called to give a some promising news that the tumor marker had dropped from 666 to 325 after 2 treatments. Normal is 3.0 so we have a LONG way to go but we are going down and this is a very good indicator that these drugs are working for Dennis.
Dennis has some new bad side effects from these drugs. A horrible red acne like rash on his face,neck,chest and back. We got 2 prescriptions yesterday that should help manage these side effects. He is still dealing with fatigue but he has amazing energy and a positive outlook. His hair is growing slowly back and is soft and very fine.
Please keep praying that #3 is a charm. It's been a LONG 6months and we need continued good news!

I'm in Week 2 of Plan "C". Blood markers
are much improved, the Chemo seems
to be working. Won't really know untill
pictures are taken of the cancer, but
this is a positive note: blood markers and
side effects are positve since I started "C".
#1 side effect of this
new Chemo is a bad case of
Acne and I've started the acne.
Now if I can only get the rest of a
the 'teen' problems I'll be happy.
The Next chemical loading is scheduled for
Thursday 13 Nov and is treatment #3.
I've 8 treaments, and that will leave
5 sessions to go. I'm tied to the
chemo sessions on Plan "C" and will
have to stay close to home untill
the program has run it's course.