We had our "weekly" visit with Dr. Polansky and Tuesday will be THE day. I will go in for low dose chemo of methotrexate and vinblastine every Tuesday for the next three months. It will be evaluated to see if the tumors are "stable" and the next schedule will be determined. It will either stay the same (weekly) or change to three weeks on..one week off. It is a little sketchy what the schedule will be for sure but for now, it will be weekly for the first three months.
He also went over the side effects which will most likely be nausea and/or vomiting. He prescribed two different anti-nausea drugs and they in turn, also have side effects. Sheesh! So he went over the remedies for those secondary side effects. I should not lose my hair but it has happened in the past. My mane may become thinner if it doesn't fall out. Good times!!
Germs and infection are BAD! My kids and I are going to become germa-phobes (please bear with us). Anything over 100.4 is an immediate trip to the ER to check my white blood cell count and if I look or feel like "crap" (doctors words) they will check for hemoglobin and platelet counts. If they are too low, I will get a blood transfusion. More good times!
He doesn't expect anything too terribly exciting, which is good. I want to be as boring as possible. Text book..nothing exciting at all! These are my lofty goals for 2010. I am feeling good about this. It should be relatively uneventful and I plan to totally use all of the generous offers to help and listen to my body.
Tuesday starts the new and hopefully final battle. I am done with this!
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Glad to hear you are starting a new treatment this week (and I am very happy you didn't go back to the yo yo's). It's got to work, Stacy. I will be thinking of you on Tuesday. If you need anything, ever, please call me. I am sending positive thoughts your way!
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