More Chemo Needed

The new is not that great.  I do not have the report in front of me, so I cannot give you exact measurements. 

But basically, three of the tumors in my lungs grew noticably, and that might be the discomfort that I have been feeling lately.  A few additional little ones appeared in my lungs.  The tumor in my pancreas also grew.

The tumor in my psoas muscle, however, is still just a charred and smoking lump that neither grows nor shrinks, but whimpers in defeat.

So, it is time for chemo again.  I have had a lovely five months off, and I have enjoyed it alot.  But now it is time to buckle down and beat back the cancer a bit.

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.

But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

Sir Winston Churchill, in a speech in November of 1942

I am going to start ifosfamide as soon as possible, this Saturday.  This chemo is complicated and has serious side effects, so I will be in the hospital for three days while I get it.  Then I get three weeks off, and then another three days in the hospital.  Repeat as needed up to six times.

That is all I have for now.  Time for lunch.  I think it's got to be sushi on a day like this.