lmao @ lil
(((hugs for everyone!)))
I figured I’d move this to personals, this way it’s not cluttering up the main stuff, but still there for anyone who cares to know about what’s goin’ on.
I get my port on tuesday and I have to have another heart test before we can proceed with chemo. apparently the echo I had showed that my heart only pumps out 45 to 50 % of the blood in it with every beat. that’s no good for one of the drugs I’d be on. my doctor is skeptical of those results and so I’m having a MUGA which is a more accurate way to measure. if it turns out I can’t receive this one drug, chemo will not be as effective, but we’ll cross that bridge if we need to. if I can receive it, I’ll have 4 treatments over 8 weeks of one cocktail and 12 treatments over 12 weeks of another. I’m also eligible for a phase III clinical trial that is testing another drug in addition to the standard stuff (phase III’s are only a few steps away from mainstream medicine) there’s a 20% chance I’ll get a placebo, a 40% chance I’ll get the new drug with my second cocktail, and a 40% chance I’ll get the new drug with the second cocktail and an additional 10 rounds (once every three weeks) of just the new drug. basically, I could end up in chemo from anywhere between 20 – 54 weeks.
I may be starting chemo as early as next friday. the earlier the better as far as I’m concerned. I wanted to start today but that damn hippocratic oath got in my way.
plus we’ve got some thinking to do about the trial.
so far I’m healing up very fine, if I do say so m’self. sore, of course, but nothing too bad, frustrated with my range of motion, and hating that physical therapy is NOT an instantaneous process. patience is not my strong suit.