For friends and family of Dave Page

For friends and family of Dave Page

This blog is to keep family and friends posted on dad's treatments and how he's doing in his battle with pancreatic cancer.



Thursday, September 29, 2011

changing chemo back to Gemzar

Monday we were in for blood work and another Magnesium infusion, they also gave dad a new med which are small coated pills instead of horse pills for magnesium and calcium.

Wednesday, got CT scan results from Dr Hassan. A mixture of good news and uncertainty. The pancreatic tumor does not appear to have changed at all. Spots in the liver appear to have diffused which the CT scan tech said indicates the therapy is working. But Dr Hassan does not think so, she was concerned about something potentially in the lungs, could be nothing but he is scheduled for another CT scan to check that out.

Meanwhile, we go in today for another magnesium infusion, then time off until new chemo starts next Wednesday. The current plan is to do a treatment every other week, with blood work on the off week, using Gemzar like his first series of treatments, combined with Carboplatin which is similar to Cisplatin but with greatly reduced side effects.

Dad is feeling quite a bit better right now.

We had a very sad day yesterday though. Poor old KC, grandma and grandpa's Shihtzu died. She has been blind and deaf for quite a while, but always happy, tail always wagging, and no problem with appetite. But Tuesday night she vomited very badly and again in the morning. Made an apptmt with the vet, but then noticed she had stopped breathing. Good ole happy KC, guess she's with grandpa now!

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