spoke to dr lisa orme, consulting oncologist today regarding the pathology of the tumour. the news was as such:
the tumour had an intermediate response to chemo. ideally, the tumour would have been more than 90% dead when it was removed, and the result was around 85-90%, which is ok, not the worst response, but not enough of a response to be sure about sticking with the same chemo medicines. the decision now is whether or not to add complementary medicines, called IE for now, to the treatment regime. the upside of this would be an increased chance of killing all the cancer so nothing metastesises or recurs. the downside would be the other possible side effects, including some kidney toxicity i think, and the treatment would be over 40 weeks instead of 26 weeks (6-9 months).
the oncologists and my surgeon are going to meet, discuss and formulate a recommendation on wednesday, and i suppose i'll go with it.
heading back into pmac for cisplatin/doxorubicin tomorrow.
xox
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dear jes,
ReplyDeleteget well soon. youre an awesome amazing girl!
hugs,
anthony s
hey kiddo.
ReplyDeleteKeepp the blogs coming! EVERONE wants to know how you're going, whether they comment or not.
xoxoxo
So, that puppy you're going to get - any thoughts on names. Please don't make it a girlie name, it'll just embarrass the poor little bugger when she goes to the park (just like Lucy makes us call her Lucifer in front of all the German Sheps and Labs).
Hope you're as ok as you were when I left the hosp before. Sleep well.
Steve
Ellens mum got a dog and called it Butch, then when Ellen takes it to the park and then calls for it she has to run around yelling "come here butch!" which is funny because she is gay.
ReplyDeleteNo girlie names. Gyp has a reputation too, remember.
Dearest biobical jes-
ReplyDeletesorry it has taken me so long to comment on your amazingly enlightening and oh-so-witty blog, but i have not quite been able to forgive you for having a stab at Edward Cullen. Let me just say that i think you must be crazy, and move on!! You're only redeeming comment was that you appreciated True Blood- so you are back on par...
Sounds like you're doing pretty chipper, considering the circumstances!! I hope that you're getting your waddle on a bit more- remember that dudes dig limps- and that you're still getting swimmingly square eyes with all those luffly telly shows.
Dog names eh? Have you considered naming it Steve? Sound pretty manly to me!!
As you can probably tell, i am mid-procrastination session as a have the world's most boring assignement to start. TRULY boring. It is on non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and whether or not to treat patients based on the epidemiological value of studies from the last 30 years. If you are bored enough to peruse medical literature from the 1970's on paracetamol on behalf of me, bloody hell let me know woman!
Hope you're smiling- it sounds like you are surrounded by some very special people. what greater an honour can you bestow on steve than to name your new pup upon him??
Love greta, xxx