Hi guys!
Got the scan results today, rather unexpectedly when I arrived for 6th cycle, which I didn't end up having. (A relief!) Sorry to say, while they could be worse, they are not brilliant. There is no spread (yay!), but the tumours on my liver and in the surrounding nodes have gotten bigger, (boo!)
I must say, I was shocked. Although I had mentally prepared myself for that possibility, I didn't think it would be quite that bad.
So, April 4 I start on a new drug to replace the Oxaliplatin. Ironotecan. No peripheral neuropathy, but the possibility of cardiac changes. So I'll have prophylactic Atropine. WTF!!? This is some serious shit!
Jane at Maggies in Cheltenham was brilliant. She said sometimes the first line drug doesn't work, and they have to move to the second line drug. Trouble is, I don't think there is a third line.....
So, I continue with the diet, the juicing, ( the anecdotal evidence is too strong), the herbs and most of all, the positive outlook. I can't and won't give up. There is something within me that refuses to. I'm certainly aware, now more than ever, that the original prognosis may be accurate, but I won't stop.
It's a bugger.
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