It would have been exciting if the results from my PET scan came back showing improvement, but instead they came back showing something equally exciting… “STABLE.” It’s a word I never thought I’d appreciate as much as I do now. I’ve had a lot of curve balls thrown at me this year after being diagnosed so I actually welcome the thought of being "stable." Stable is not a bad thing. I've learned it could be worse. Ultimately in the long run, we're going to kick some cancer ass, but for now, I'll take "stable!" But since I mentioned curve balls being thrown at me, let’s take a few moments to review some of them…
Not only do I have breast cancer, BUT it’s spread to my liver (Doh!)
It’s rare to have an infected port, BUT mine got infected (Doh!)
Bone metastasis?!? (Doh!)
Liver biopsy drama... (Doh!)
So yes, “STABLE” is not a bad thing! Besides, did we really expect improvement after 2 days from the 1st infusion?!? After talking to Dr. Patnaik she said the “possibility” was there, but she’s really expecting improvement over time. So this week I finished up my 2nd dose. Again, I’ll have an infusion every week for 3 weeks, then I’m off a week. That’s considered 1 cycle. After the 2nd cycle, which will be the last week in December, I’ll retake a lot of the scans and images to see where we are at. Hopefully by then we’ll start to see some improvement!
As for my blood sugar levels, I mentioned that one of the main side effects of this drug is high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia. Sure enough, after my 2nd infusion, my blood sugar levels increased. Thankfully this time they didn’t increase quite as much as last week… we’re thinking my no sugar, low carb diet on infusion day this week might have helped. So anyway, with the Drs suggestion, we bought a glucometer to help monitor my blood sugar levels on infusion days and the day after. Other than that, I'm doing great!
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