April 6th Update

Yesterday afternoon Nancy was advised by Lisa at Dr Anthony's office that they had previewed the scans on a preliminary basis.........and the liver has improved from the last scan.  This means the chemo is working (in fact, appears to be working well).  We will learn more on Tuesday......but this is very good news!

April 4th Update

Nancy had her scan today.  It was all routine.  We did not get any advanced information on how the scan looked.  That is next Tuesday.  Thanks to all for wonderful support!

March 26th update

Nancy had her third chemo treatment yesterday.  This completes two (three treatments each) cycles.  The additional shots for boosting white count appear to be working.  Next week on Thursday at 8:30 she will get a complete scan.  Those results will be reviewed on April 9th with Dr. Anthony.  Thanks for wonderful support, and Happy Easter!

March 20 update

Nancy has new CTC numbers and they went down.  That is good news.  On Monday she also had chemo again.  We are still on schedule for another scan in a few weeks.

March 15th update

Nancy's CTC numbers will be available next Monday.  Have a good weekend, BC

March 12th update

Nancy's numbers were all good yesterday.......so the second cycle of chemo was started. She will go into the Doctor's for the next 3 days to get booster shots for her white cell count.  She also had additional blood draws for the CTC (tumor markers).  Those results are expected Friday. 

Thanks for all your help and support!

March 5th Update

At yesterday's appointment we were scheduled to have the additional blood draw for the CTC numbers (also referred to as tumor markers that show cancer cell activity).  This will be done next week. 

The delay was that on last Friday, Medicare stopped covering this test.  So many requests for coverage (even from insurance) were rejected.  This will be cleared up this week and our insurance covers us.  We are not under Medicare.