Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know that my mom went for her fifth chemo treatment today! Only one more treatment before they test her to find out how things are working. Today they added a new medication that will hopefully attack the cancer cells more effectively now that they know her white blood cell levels are stable and doing well. They are concerned about new side-effects and will watch her closely for internal bleeding. So my mom is a little nervous, but also trying to welcome this new medication and remember that it is going to help her.
The few days after chemo treatments have been very difficult on my mom, but overall, she has been doing great the last couple of weeks, and enjoyed her break between treatments. Her pain and nausea are under control on this new chemo cocktail, and she is concentrating on trying to stay hydrated and eat as much as she can. She has lost a lot of weight -- she's about 110 pounds right now. And the doctors are encouraging her to try to eat 2000 calories a day in order not to lose any more weight. She's working on it as hard as she can, and eating lots of ice-cream and other such things, even though she has lost quite a few of her taste buds. And she's been doing a fantastic job at staying hydrated!
Hope everyone is enjoying this fantastic summer weather.
Keep the positive thoughts coming our way!
Lisa
PS -- We're looking forward to seeing some of you on June 12th!
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