We have had a very busy week with doctor appointments...
On Monday, we visited with the plastic surgeon, all good on the "boobie" front. Healing nicely and looks good (of course a male doctor would say that :)
On Tuesday, we visited with the oncologist. Baffling is how he described Lori's tumor. He called for many other opinions from breast specialists/oncologists in New York, Texas, New Mexico and Tucson to come up with my regimen. It's so great to see he is willing to humble himself and get many opinions, we feel very confident and reassured by this (and it doesn't hurt that he was listed as the #1 doc in Phoenix Magazine we found out yesterday).
The great news is although Lori's chemo will be more aggressive, right now it's looking like it will only last 20 weeks instead of the full year as originally planned.
On Thursday, Lori woke up looking like a Cabbage Patch Doll! Her face was so swollen! We're not sure what caused this, nor do the doctors (maybe an allergic reaction to something), so in additon to the chemo, Lori is also on benadryl and high doses of steroids - not sure if we'll have to peel her out of bed or off the ceiling!
On Friday comes the Neulasta shot, which boosts up the white blood cells. It must have worked great last time because all counts were very good for chemo yesterday.
Sounds a little like The Very Hungry Caterpillar (leave it to a teacher to make this analogy! :) Hope you enjoy reading the blog as much as the book!
