July Scan Report

Today the fun began with a dose of Avastin, followed by an Abraxane chaser. Then a bit 'o lunch and an appointment with the oncologist...who said...

That my brain has the tiniest bit of one tumor that just needs to be sloughed off. It is inactive, and not detectable via the naked eye.

My bones have new calcium growth over the old lesions, and no new lesions have formed, and...

The Liver is completely free of tumors!!!!!!!!!!! It's a little early to say "Yes, it's remission"-it was at about this time last year that we thought that, and the 2 inactive lesions in the liver took off and began making babies like bunnies. However, this is the best things have ever looked on scans.

My CEA numbers had been increasing slightly, and Dr. Kenyon said that the Avastin seems to be causing a little havic with people's counts so we can't use it as a truly reliable tool at this time. For a long time, it was quite reflective of what was happening. Evidently the Avastin can make the number lower OR higher than what would be revealed in the scans. I'm grateful that mine is what it is!!

My white blood counts are quite low, so my chance of infection is increased a bit right now. I'll have to be careful, and increase the herbs to strengthen my immunity. We'll try to keep everything "medicine wise" as it is at this time, to con't. to stay on top of things, and maybe wean off later if things stay stable. We'll see Dr. Kenyon in 6 weeks, and have more scans in another 3 months.

Thank you thank you for the prayers. Praise God for this bit of encouragement!! What a huge deal. And thanks to the woman at Coldstone Creamery who gave me a dish of free ice-cream because she was excited for me. (Honest, Jonathan-I've never been in there before, and it was only to celebrate. :D And Pat and I shared it.)

So to end the day, we went to see Superman Returns. Wow!

Thanks, and God Bless,
Jeanne H.