Ok, alter some confusion and more tests it has been decided that I will have another round of chemo instead of having surgery right away. This is just about polar opposite of my last post (notice the gap in dates). During my recovery from the liver resection, which is still progressing, I had another ct scan to see how things were going. I also has blood work to check both liver function and cancer markers. All of these tests came back just about perfect. On paper, I'm clean! However my oncologist explained it like this:
95% of the cancer is in the primary (my colon)
4% is in the secondary (my liver)
But it's the last 1% (like little seeds) that's floating around your system looking for a place to land that kills you...
He pointed out that there is no evidence that I even have these seeds, however, it's important to make every attempt to distroy them if we can. Therefore I'm doing another round of chemo before surgery. It will be totally different drugs this time. I'll have a pill based chemo I take daily, and an infusion every other Thursday. This will not be an all day infusion like the last time. It's only an hour or two...
It's been just over five weeks since the resection surgery. I went back to work on Thursday. What a wonderful feeling to get some sort of semblance of normality! It's been a little difficult to get
My head back into it, but it will get there.
Once again, I am amazed and blessed by how well things are going. Who would have believed I could get this far this quickly? I still have several challages both with chemo and surgery. There are potential side effects with the new drugs I may need to deal with, but we'll see. I may skate right through! Only time will tell...
My son (11 years old) is playing hockey on the Holland Ice Dogs house team. It's been a blast watching him play. I don't normally doing this sort of thing, but I want to point out how great The Edge Ice Arena is. (I ended that sentence in a preposition!). When they found out what was happening to me, they bent over backwards to make sure Calvin could play. I am very greatful for the kind gestures they have made. Many many others have gone out if their way to assist us as well.. I thank you all, and love you all!
Mike
