April 19 2017: Have enjoyed time off from Chemo, David has
called it his chemo vacation and in a way, that’s what’s it been. His last
chemo was February 23rd and now his next chemo will be April 20th.
Wow, that’s almost two months. But don’t forget that 5 days (March 23, 24, 27
-29) of high intense radiation fell in the middle of that “vacation”. Except
for traffic and scheduling, radiation was almost a piece of cake. Recently
David has begun to feel a bit of fatigue. We have also noticed that David’s
hair and eyebrows are growing back in a nice brown color. No more of the fine
white fuzz. Not sure if hair will again vanish with chemo starts up. But that
is not a concern just interesting phenomena.
The good news: Dr Liu is very happy with David’s progress.
She did share that it makes her happy to see patients with such good progress.
I can’t imagine how she handles patients and their illnesses. Glad David can
make her day! She is confident that he will be a candidate for surgery. His
next CT scan, with the big reveal, will be sooner than we had expected. David’s
blood test showed many numbers are normal or in a good range, his kidneys are fluctuating
a bit but still ok and he has developed clots in one arm vein from one of the
harsh chemos. Forgotten the tech name and I may or may not look it up.
Feelings, thoughts, emotions, are all over the place. David
is feeling the best he has in a long time. We made the most of it, doing small
chores and fun things. We will continue to do all we can, including another trip
in the RV over to Yuma. We are then going to rent a car as we are thinking of
buying a new SUV. And I guess all of this has worn me down, as I am now shorter
than I was. A check at the doctor, revealed me shorter and rounder than I like!
Humph…
