Today I met with my surgeon for my 4-month follow-up appointment.  She asked how the Avastin infusions were going and I asked what her thoughts are on the drug.  She said that in studies that she has seen just recently, patients that stay on the Avastin seem to do better and keep the cancer away longer than those not on it.  She said that her feelings are that with how advanced my cancer was that she would probably stay on the Avastin if she were in my shoes.  I also asked about my CA-125 count going up and she said that that is within the scope of the accuracy of the test.  She said that if the number was doubling each time then that would raise red flags to her, but with it being just a couple of points here and there she says that isn't much to worry about.  Other than that everything appears to be fine - although my blood pressure is always high there when they measure it...

I had a little bit of a problem with the office and this appointment which I scheduled 4 months ago.  Apparently they doubled booked the time slot that I was in so they tried calling a week ago to have me move it to Wednesday instead but I said I couldn't because I had family in town.  Well a couple of days after that they called to confirm my appointment and apparently moved my appointment back a half hour without telling me.  I said that I couldn't meet a half hour later because I had a appointment for one of my kids at Primary Children's Medical Center right after my appointment so if they were going to keep me at 9:30 then I would have to reschedule for another day.  Well, I guess they got something worked out because they called a day or two later to confirm my appointment for 9:00.  Talk about frustrating!!