Cancer Sucks Blog

New Chemo Cocktail Time (CMF - Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, and 5 Fluorouracil (also known as 5FU)) Took the wife to start her new che...

This week is Thanksgiving, and I have not updated in Quite some time.....it's been so crazy, I'm doing this in bullet points....plea...

"You cannot be a good caregiver for T, if you do not take care of you" I've heard this from everyone. People take one lo...

It's been awhile people.... 1 YEAR AGO?: After many chemo therapies.....none of which worked....we finally found a chemo that is worki...

OK....so.... Turns out my girl's chemo stopped working....tumors grew and a new one popped up. Dr said, "without treatment 6 mont...

So it's been more then a minute since my last update. T is responding well to the chemo....or was in the beginning. The tumors in her lu...

It's been awhile.... Tina's cancer is back for the 4th time. Started a new chemo (Kadcyla) with tons of premeds (steroids) as she ...

This coming Friday we see the doctor again and order new scans to see if our decision to stop all treatment was the right decision. We sto...

Things are going pretty good. No recurrence....treatment going well. The weird thing is I'm more afraid of a recurrence then ever....is ...

Scans are clear......cardiac tests show minimal damage to my girl's heart, so treatment can continue.....whew! Now scans every 3 month...

The Good: T's Scans still look clear....no sign of a re-occurrence. (She has scans every 3-4 months for the rest of her life now)....WH...

Tomorrow we go to the doctor for T's bi-weekly steroids & chemo and I believe this may be the last time we see the oncologist we hav...

OK, I'm just going to jump right in with a Cancer Update. Well November is fast approaching, when T's heceptin IVs were supposed t...

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Sorry, I haven't posted in awhile.....we've been stressed out of our minds. T's radiation is over....her Herceptin chemo. will...

NICE.....not sure how many radiation sessions T has left....somewhere around 25. Everyone is very nice (staff and patients). Hard not to bon...

OK, so it turns out T tenses up during radiation and also it's hurting her to be in the proper position because of her neck fusion. (She...

T's Radiation Therapy started this past Thursday. Going to the hospital 5 days a week for 6 1/2 weeks. We're told that around week 3...

.........where we like to go walking when the weather is nice. We went to an Earth Day Event the other day, and the gave us a free Pine tr...

We're feeling it.....both of us.......hope. I sat in the sun for a little bit with T. We needed the fresh air and going for a walk is on...