One of the nurses from Huntsman called me today to talk some more about the Avastin with my dental work.  She said that she had talked with my doctor and since the Avastin has a pretty long half-life, she recommends that I try and put off any major dental work for 3-4 weeks if I can since I just had an infusion on Wednesday.  I will be taken off of the study and will keep my CT scan and lab work appointment in six weeks as well as meeting with the doctor.  We will discuss then what our next step will be once we have results from the scan and labs.

I asked about getting my port flushed if I am not keeping my infusion appointment in 3 weeks.  It is a good idea to have it flushed at least every 4-5 weeks and I will not be going back in now for another 6 weeks.  We decided to set an appointment for the clinic near me for 3 weeks from now just to have it flushed.  That should be a nice, quick visit.