Thursday, 6/18, was the first day of series #11 of Taxol. They do a CA125 on the first day of each series; today's went up 10 points to 62.7, not a good sign. Bummer. I've been tolerating Taxol for the past 10 months and the number had gotten into the normal range 0-35 in late February. Then started going up and down, I thought, because I had pneumonia. After the pneumonia cleared up, I thought it'd go back into the normal range but that hasn't happened. I see Dr. Rosenshein, my surgeon, on Wednesday and head back for Taxol 11B on Thursday. May have another CA125 then. I'm concerned that the cancer cells have "learned" how to overcome Taxol. Cancer is very sneaky. Perhaps it's time to change meds. I told Terri to tell Dr. Im to find something that has a side effect of taking my hair as the only drugs which seem to work on the cancer cells are ones which take my hair. The three protocols which allowed my hair to grow back also didn't work on the cancer cells.
On the bright side, I babysat Jenna Saturday while Megan went to a wedding of friends (she did their invitations and church programs). Alex, who has been fighting a chest virus, stayed home to help with Tyler. Tyler came home from daycare Thursday with a fever. He no longer has a fever but continues to have a runny nose. Jenna took breast milk out of a bottle from me without too much fuss and dozed on and off until her Mommy came home to breast feed her.
On the bright side, I babysat Jenna Saturday while Megan went to a wedding of friends (she did their invitations and church programs). Alex, who has been fighting a chest virus, stayed home to help with Tyler. Tyler came home from daycare Thursday with a fever. He no longer has a fever but continues to have a runny nose. Jenna took breast milk out of a bottle from me without too much fuss and dozed on and off until her Mommy came home to breast feed her.
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