Today I'm thankful for...
Getting a day to chase the fish with friends
Feeling positive about the future
Quality time with my mother-in-law
Seeing Lulu's emotional strength improve
What an emotional week for our family. As I'm sure you read in the last blog entry, that Lulu's will be starting a new drug treatment for the cancer cells that she has in your bone marrow. However, this will be on hold indefinitely due to the fact that she has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism after a blood test tow days ago. In preparation for the UCSF clinical study Lulu was directed to have a blood screening, and the levels of thyroxin being produced from her thyroid was abnormally low. Thus, the start of the drug treatment needs to be postponed until the hypothyroidism can be corrected. The doctor thinks that with medication that the thyroid should be back to normal in two to three weeks? Another slight setback in the "conquering the cancer" quest, but one that Lulu shall overcome with that great positive determination.
This news is causing havoc on Lulu's and my ability to plan the next six months of health care trips to San Francisco. In our existing schedules we have to plan for these dates where we will be running down to SF for blood tests, physicals, more bone marrow biopsies, CT scans, and who knows what else? As of today, we don't even know when this all can start, so just that fact is quite stressful for our family. We do know that once her body allows her to start this cancer treatment, it will require at least one trip per month to the clinic, and we're told that the end of the therapy will be six months from the first dosage. Well, this gives we the chance to finish before the Christmas holiday season.
I know that Lulu is worried about how she is going to feel with this new treatment? Will she get more fatigued? What about nauseous, and how about the physical appearance factor? I know that some of these questions will be answered soon, but many others can't be answered until she's participating n the course of treatment.
I just know that our family will be receiving some good news in the very near future? I'm unsure what is might be, but with all that has been effecting us lately, I think that we could use some?
Dr.s Molina & Wilkerson,
ReplyDeleteMy four year old twins are patients at your office and absolutely LOVE coming to see you. I too am battling cancer (for the last 8 years) and have had multiple metastases, including my bone, my lymphatic system and two tumors in my brain. All stemming from Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Treatments have been rough, but my husband and twins have pulled me through it all. Reading your blog is so familiar to me, as it almost parallels our life. No one can fully understand the agony of waiting for results, exactly what the word "fatigue" really means or the desire to stay alive like a fellow cancer patient.
My thoughts and prayers are with you in this incredibly hard stage of your lives. Your family is beautiful and incredible and with the love you share, you can conquer anything.
Best regards,
Nicole Tatro