Got two lines into my port today as I wanted to get out of the chemo ward early. One took the premeds and Taxol while the other gave me 4 grams of magnesium, which I have been needing each time I get chemo. The magnesium takes two hours for 4 grams while the Taxol is only an hour.
I got a CA125 and it dropped to 31.3 which is in the normal (0-35) range. This is the lowest it's been since the summer of 2007 so am hopeful the Taxol is eating my cancerous cells throughout my body. Will probably have to finish series #5 and do #6 in January before having a PET scan to actually see if there are cancer cells anywhere.
After I left chemo at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, went to visit my ex-husband at nearby University of Maryland Medical Center. He was still in ICU from procedure to drain his bile ducts. I stayed with him while Megan & family, Deborah Krisko & family (who had driven down from Boston) and Dylan and girlfriend Christine grabbed some dinner in the Krisko's hotel room nearby. UMMC moved Lloyd back to a quieter room on the 13th floor around 7 p.m. and he was able to have instant coffee for the first time in a month. He also got green jello and some apple juice; he was happy to have something other than IV nourishment. Once Lloyd was settled in his room, the kids arrived to sing Christmas carols with Lloyd. We then went to Megan's to open gifts. Brian, Teresa and her boyfriend Mike joined us there.
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