He's going to recommend that my oncologist give me 9 chemo treatments instead of 6. He wants me to have a negative CA-125 for a couple chemo treatments before they stop giving me chemo. Bummer! This means that I'm not doing as well as I thought I was.
I was so happy to be half done with the treatments and was scheduled to be done before summer break but now I'll be going into July and won't be able to do as much as I wanted to do this summer and may have a hard time scheduling our vacation.
But it wasn't all bad news, the surgeon said that everything looked good after my examine and I could start working out again. I might go to the gym tonight and start lifting weights again. I bet I'll be starting with 10 lbs on all the stations :-) and 5 minutes on the treadmill.
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Michele, they haven't given up...they just want to get it all the first time around. This is good.
It probably means they expect a complete removal of the cancer. If so, that is a good thing.
10 lbs. is ok. Probably.
I know it's frustrating and disappointing to have to slog through what amounts to more "therapeutic poisoning" but hang in there.
It does sound like they're just trying to be as thorough as possible and that is a wise course.
Having been through cancer myself, I can tell you sometimes it isn't about you, it's about the doctor's "comfort zone" about the outcome of your treatment. It's about their success more than your health--but I always have the consarned treatments anyway. So I hope you hang in there and get past it all, if a little later.
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