Last week I didn't have Chemo but I did go in to get poked with an IV for my 2 month check up CT scan. I don't know the results yet until I meet with Dr. Neal this week. It's hard to guess what the results may turn out like, but I'm hoping it'll be good news of stability and also figure out what's causing this dull ache on my left bottom bone as it's constantly nagging me. I have a feeling it's the bone mets that causing it and if its, radiation is the palliative treatment to prevent from further spread.
I also was able to attend the Stanford Lung Cancer meeting too last week with one of the members who happen to live nearby. It was really nice of her to offer to carpool together to the meeting. She has the same NSC Lung cancer as me and also didn't smoke either and unlucky for many patients like us, were discovered late stage. It was a good meeting and I'm warming up to getting to know everyone in the group. The connection, the support and the understanding that we are all facing the dire, inoperable terminal illness brings just a bit of comfort in that we're not alone in this battle. It's a club that I'd rather not be apart of to be honest but nevertheless now has become apart of my world.
Each time I do go to the meeting, I do learn of something new, like VeriStrat, which is serum test that doctors can order to identify whom among "NSCLC patients most likely to have a "significant survival benefit" from treatment with Tarceva. I was on the Tarceva pill for 4 months previously this past 2011 summer and had I known, I would have asked my Doctor to do this test first before starting this regimen even though Dr. Neal already knew I had tested negative for the EGFR mutation. Time, is of the essence when it comes to Lung Cancer, as when Doctors talk about its survival prognosis, it's in terms of months. Yikes!
Well, this is my last week off staying at home with the kids full time and starting next Monday, I will be heading back to work. I've put in my request to be on a Part Time schedule and hopefully it'll work out so that I'll be back soon enough to pick up Ethan from his Kindergarten class and also to keep up with chemo and doctor appointments.
The kids, myself and hubby are doing well. My nanny has been sick for a few days last week and so I've just been a little bit more busy. Let's hope for good news from the latest CT scan. Lots of Love.
I also was able to attend the Stanford Lung Cancer meeting too last week with one of the members who happen to live nearby. It was really nice of her to offer to carpool together to the meeting. She has the same NSC Lung cancer as me and also didn't smoke either and unlucky for many patients like us, were discovered late stage. It was a good meeting and I'm warming up to getting to know everyone in the group. The connection, the support and the understanding that we are all facing the dire, inoperable terminal illness brings just a bit of comfort in that we're not alone in this battle. It's a club that I'd rather not be apart of to be honest but nevertheless now has become apart of my world.
Each time I do go to the meeting, I do learn of something new, like VeriStrat, which is serum test that doctors can order to identify whom among "NSCLC patients most likely to have a "significant survival benefit" from treatment with Tarceva. I was on the Tarceva pill for 4 months previously this past 2011 summer and had I known, I would have asked my Doctor to do this test first before starting this regimen even though Dr. Neal already knew I had tested negative for the EGFR mutation. Time, is of the essence when it comes to Lung Cancer, as when Doctors talk about its survival prognosis, it's in terms of months. Yikes!
Well, this is my last week off staying at home with the kids full time and starting next Monday, I will be heading back to work. I've put in my request to be on a Part Time schedule and hopefully it'll work out so that I'll be back soon enough to pick up Ethan from his Kindergarten class and also to keep up with chemo and doctor appointments.
The kids, myself and hubby are doing well. My nanny has been sick for a few days last week and so I've just been a little bit more busy. Let's hope for good news from the latest CT scan. Lots of Love.
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