Pump comes off tonight! Exciting stuff. It won't automatically make me feel better, but, it means I can take a real shower and sleep normally, so that's something.
The procedure that was tentatively scheduled for Friday has been put off again, owing to me still feeling pretty crappy. (If you lost track, they still want to go back into my lung/airway and see if anything else needs to be removed to help prevent future problems.) We don't have a new date for that procedure yet.
My next appointment is on the 21st, and that will include a CT scan to see how these 2 rounds of chemo have worked. I'm on the schedule for a third round, but Dr Kang agreed that we can discuss it, and that (presumably unless the scans show something troubling), we can feasibly go either way at this point: continue chemo until we stop seeing results, or start the new medication. There is some logic to continuing chemo while it's working well, but given how these last 2 rounds have hit me, I'm really not opting for that choice if we don't absolutely have to. If he feels comfortable with where these 2 rounds have gotten us, I would rather try the new medication right away and see how that does instead. Going back to chemo is always an option, even if it's a sucky one. It will really come down to the scans, and if these 2 rounds have bought us enough time in regards to the size of my tumors, or if we feel that we should try to beat them down a little further.
So that's where we're at. I will say, this round is going SLIGHTLY easier than last round- probably only because I'm not stuck in a hospital bed for 12 days after already being very ill. But still, so far I've dodged the emergency fluids (knock on wood) and I feel I've kept up on my eating a little better. Hopefully this weekend I'll bounce back well, and be ready for work on Monday. Because as always, my clients are forming a long line waiting for me to return.
More updates posted as they occur. Love you guys. Keep praying.
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