Just got my lab results from yesterday…. MY CEA DROPPED 73 POINTS IN 2 WEEKS!!!! All my labs looked amazing too, especially my liver enzymes which were the lowest they’ve been in 8 months!!!
Author: Jamie Walls
Pity, Party of One Health Update:
So the ascites battle continues (fluid build up in the abdomen). I got drained again yesterday (Monday) and they took almost 5 liters out and I’m already filling back up. I’m scheduled again on Friday for another drainage but what we’re running into is I’m filling up faster than they can get me in so…
HEALTH UPDATE
Things have been a little rough. See that massive belly? I have what’s called ascites – fluid buildup in my abdomen that’s being secreted by the cancer. I’m waiting on a call from Asante to get in for an ultrasound and to get it drained hopefully tomorrow I’m pretty limited on what I can do…
Chemo Round Ten
Liver enzymes still elevated, but have come way down, enough so that they can add back in the Irinotecan! Not excited to deal with the side effects of an added drug, but mostly thankful we’re back to being aggressive I added in a very potent liver detox supplement to my regimen and I think it…
Holy crap it’s been 3 months and I haven’t updated this! I’ll try and keep it short and sweet –
First of all, please let me express my heartfelt gratitude to every single one of you that continues to text, call, email, and carrier pigeon words of encouragement, thoughts and prayers, and even jokes (ESPECIALLY the jokes!) I couldn’t do this without my badass tribe!! There are so many of you that I don’t want…
Chemo Update
***UPDATE*** CT doesn’t show a ton of remarkable changes, however it does show several lesions have shrunk a little bit, and overall all the lesions are less dense, and no new metastases!! So we’re going with the ‘ole slow and steady wins the race game baby steps are still steps when they’re in the right…
Chemo Round 3 DING!
WBW and liver enzymes are low, but not freak out low – they’ve been trending down since the first treatment so something that we need to watch. Because of the low levels, we are not starting the new drug as it’s completely metabolized by the liver and we run the risk of just destroying my…
Hello friends and family!
Lots of exciting things to update you all on – I finished up my second round of chemo last week and I wont lie – it straight kicked my butt. It’s been a week and I’m still incredibly fatigued, and even though I’ve been in denial about it, I’m finally admitting I have a cold….
Today is the day! Starting chemo now :)
Wanted to send another heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you for supporting and helping get me through this. I love each and every one of you! Got my Caris report back and we now know that I have a BRAF V600E mutation – according to Dr. Google, less than 10% of patients with colorectal…