April 30th Update

Nancy has had her first chemo treatment. We had a very complete marathon appointment.....and she is home sleeping comfortably. We started at 11:30, did normal labs now thru the port...which was wonderful.....the port worked great. We then met with our trainer on chemo. They went thru lotsa information..what to expect...and gave us a large notebook with tons on information. Nancy really appreciated how organized they were. We then met with Dr Anthony and reviewed the treatments. Nancy will have chemo 3 weeks on, one week off for a total of 12-16 weeks. After that, there will be a couple of weeks delay and then will start radiation. So this set of treatments will probably go thru September. We have real confidence in our team of Doctors, both in Kirkland and here in Spokane.

Then Nancy got her infusion of chemo. They are giving her Taxol and some anti-meds, anti nausea, etc.... She slept thru most of the actual chemo treatment. We were there over 5 hours, a long but very good day.

So the next phase has started. You, as a support group, have been amazing. Thank you.... We will have another update Sunday or Monday.....

April 22nd update

We had a good trip to Kirkland. All pre-operation meetings went well. Nancy had the port put in Wed, surgery was about one half an hour. She then used the port for a Zometa infusion. On the drive home, she mostly slept. Today she is tired but doing well. We have no appointments until next Friday, when weekly chemo starts. Thank you for all the calls and support.

April 20th update

We met with the doctors in Kirkland. Nancy will have 8-12 weeks of chemo starting next week. There will be a review after that to determine next treatments. She has the port installed tomorrow, checkin at 7:15 and surgery at 9:00. She has a Zometa infustion at 2:00, then we drive back to Spokane. Her spirits are good. Next update probably on Thursday. Thank you.

April 18th Update

OK, the doctors met and we have a plan. This week Nancy will get her port, and have the Zomeda infusion. On April 30th at 11:30, Nancy will start chemo here in Spokane. The chemo will be over less time, maybe 6 weeks to 2 months. Not sure what is after that, but we meet with both Oncologists next week, Dr Lonergan in Kirkland on Tuesday, and Dr Anthony here in Spokane on Thursday.

Nancy's chemo is weekly, and is scheduled for either Thursday afternoons or Friday afternoons. Bill met with the nurses at Dr. Anthony's office yesterday and learned weekly treatments are much more friendly to the patient for side effects. The goal is for Bill to be with Nancy for every treatment and home for the first couple of days after (which would be the weekend).

We will update next week after Nancy's minor surgery and the Doctor meetings. Thank you for all your support!

April 13th update

Yesterday we had our appointment with Dr Anthony. Unfortunately, he had not been able to meet with Dr Lonnergan in Kirkland, so we could not complete our plan for going forward. There appears to be two different ways to approach this; one starting with chemo, one starting with radiation. That discussion between the doctors will take place today or tomorrow.

Nancy will have a port put in next week in Kirkland. This needs to be done as she can no longer use her left arm for IV's, blood draws, etc.

Last night Nancy took her longest walk since surgery. Her Mom and sister Sharon are both visiting this week.

We are humbled by the support for Nancy.....the cards, calls, well wishes, prayers, dinners...it has been amazing. Thank you all!