May 2nd update....good news!

Nancy had her appointment last Friday. Following are taken from the scan findings:

"Sites of osseous metastatic disease within the chest, abdomen, and pelvis appear to be less intense than on previous examination. This is particularly notable at T11 with improvement seen at the levels of T7 and T8. Uptake at L3 in the lumbar spine is also significantly improved. Pelvic lesions are also less intense. Lesion in the posterior column of the left acetabulum is also less intense. No new lesions are identified."

This report shows not only stability but improvement! No new cancer findings, and the existing is less intense in some areas.

Nancy's knee is still an issue, and she will soon be scheduled for that.

Thank you for all your support, we will try to keep you informed.

April 26th update

Nancy had the scans.... and her follow-up appointment is this Friday with Dr Anthony. Will update when we get the results. Thanks for all the support!

April 11th Update

Nancy had an appointment last Thursday. They did change to Xgeva, the alternative for Zomeda. This treatment is a shot, so it takes much less time for the appointment. Nancy had some reaction, similar or a little less than the Zomeda.

At the Doctor's review it was decided to take two scans. These are a couple of months early.... so Thursday and next Tuesday Nancy are her times for those scans.
One area of concern is Nancy's knee.

We will update as we get the scan results. Your support is wonderful! Thank you!

April 3rd Update

Nancy and I have been in Austin since the 25th. She has had a wonderful time with Keeton, getting to know Deacon, and of course, time with Todd and Ally. She had one very bad day, and a few headaches that meds took care of......overall has been a very good trip. We return to Spokane Monday night.

Thursday we are at Dr Anthony's..... maybe this time we change from Zomeda, maybe not. Nancy continues her neck exercises... my belief is there has been a small improvement; it is too early to tell yet.

Nancy's Dad is in Florida getting treatments for cancer. Round one of treatments are now being increased (doubled) starting tomorrow.

I know there have not been many updates lately, but there has not been much new news.

Thank you all, BC

March 12th update

Nancy (and I) have a new grandson, Deacon Bennett was born on Tuesday. Mom and baby are doing well; they are at home now. We will go visit on March 25th.

Nancy also went to her first physical therapy for her neck. She now has a daily regimine to do. Hopefully this will help with the headaches.

Your support continues to be terrific, thank you!

March 6th Update

Nancy met with Dr Anthony on Thursday. Insurance still has not approved the Zomeda-like replacement, so they decided to give Nancy another Zomeda infusion. So they did that, and Nancy has rested and doing ok. Nancy and Dr Anthony are still wanting to change to the new meds if/when approved by insurance.

Thanks again for all the support. It appears that next Wednesday Nancy (and I) will become grand-parents for the second time. Could be another boy, could be a girl. Even Todd and Ally do not know yet!

March 3rd Update

Nancy met with Dr Bender yesterday. The main purpose was to see what we can do for her headaches. After a long review, he suggested some physical therapy for her neck, and for now, no change in meds. (Nancy's headaches typically start with neck pain, and he had some ideas on how that might improve with the therapy). He would change her meds to some daily more preventative type if needed. Today we see Dr Anthony.