Another uptick on CA125

Started series #8 of Taxol on 3/19/09. Just finished second dose of antibiotics for UTI (this one worked) and am finally getting over the cold that kept me off work Friday, Monday and Tuesday. Went to my GP Friday and she gave me Nasonex spray and told me to take plain Robitussin. But it still had to go thru the normal 5-day miseries. CA125 was up again--this time by 14 points to 51.1, not a good trend. Am hoping that the cold and infections I've been fighting have been influencing this upward (and negative) trend. Don't want to think that the cancer cells have "learned" how to overcome the Taxol. Have chemo the next two Thursdays so hopefully can get another reading that is back under 35.

Wrapped up Taxol series #7

March 5th I finished the 7th treatment of Taxol. My CA125 went up 8.3 points so it's over 35 again--37.1. This number has been see-sawing since January between 28.8 and 39.7. During this time, I've been under stress of Lloyd's terminal illness so Dr. Im said not to worry about this number. Plan is to continue Taxol treatments. I've #8 series scheduled for March 26, and April 2 and 16. And I have acupuncture treatments twice a month. Most aggravating has been a UTI that keeps me up at night despite a 10-day antibiotic. May need another 10 days in order to get rid of it. Continue to work full-time despite being really tired. Hopefully longer days (daylight savings) and warmer weather will perk up my spirits.