Wednesday, December 18, 2013

I had DH come with me to my appointment today.  It is a little bit of mixed results from my labs and scan yesterday.  The scan looks good other than a small lymph node near my groin area on my left side that is a little bigger than the last scan.  They will keep an eye on that but are not too concerned about it yet.  The bad news is that my CA-125 number has jumped up again - now it is at 51.  They are concerned about that but not sure what it means yet - although DH got them to say that there has been research that shows that the CA-125 number can increase and it may take several months before anything shows up on a scan.  Apparently they reviewed the requirements for the study though and I will not be pulled from it until my number goes above double the normal high of 35.  So bottom line is they believe that my cancer may be slowly trying to come bak but they do not know where or how yet so there is still nothing to do other than wait until something more definitive shows up.  They do feel that the Avastin may be slowing down whatever is happening though so they would like to see me stay on it.  So I came to this appointment expecting to be kicked from the study only to find out that they would like me to still stay on it.

So after meeting with my doctor DH and I headed up to get some lunch before heading to the infusion room.  My blood pressure was in the normal range and we actually got the Avastin relatively quickly.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Had my CT scan and labs drawn today at the South Jordan clinic.  It went relatively smoothly.  It's unfortunate that I consider them routine now...  Tomorrow I have an appointment with my Huntsman doctor and will get the results.  Here's hoping for the best!