6/2/13

Since my last post alot has happened. I was having alot of digestive problems so my GI doctor performed a sigmoidoscopy. He discovered a two ince tumor in my colon that was causing the blockage. I had to go off chemo treatments again in order for a colon surgeon to place a stent in the colon. The stent is supposed to keep the tumor from completely obstucting the colon while the chemo hopefully shrinks it. This week will be my second infusion since the surgery. I have been very uncomfortable since the surgery untill this week. I am feeling much better now and I am so thankful for everones prayers. I will update when I have scan results, I just don't know when that will be.

4/1/13

Wow it's been a long time. Sorry about that. Well back in November of 2011 I had a radioembolization of my liver. It was the very first time it was tried at a Wellstar Hospital although Emory has been doing them for many years. It was a great success. I went from having 20 tumors in my liver to only 3. I actually went for five months without having any treatment at all. Around about September of 2012 my tumor marker numbers increased and my oncologist put me on an oral medication called Afinitor. It was developed for transplant patients but was recently approved for cancer. I took that medication until March of this year when a PET scan revealed that three new tumors had formed in my liver. As of last week I am back to chemo infusion every other week. I will have another scan at the beginning of June to see if this treatment is working.