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.



Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Scheduled for a CT scan next week, possibly changing to a different therapy

We met with Dr Hassan, dad's oncologist today. Because of issues with potassium and generally not feeling well through this therapy regimin, doc would like to consider changing his therapy, possibly back to the Gemzar / Cisplatin he had previously and responded well to.

We have a CT scan scheduled for Tuesday morning and then blood tests Wednesday for a status to make sure his fluids / chemicals are good and to see whether his tumor marker goes up or down, to indicate if the chemo is helping him (it takes a while to start kicking in so doc wanted to see where it stands next week). Then we'll see the doctor again the following week to begin a new therapy.

So he has a couple weeks to hopefully regain some strength and weight. Good news is, he gained weight over the past week or so. About 12 lbs gained from where he weighed in at, two weeks ago! He is feeling better the last few days, though still fatigued.

Any way you look at it, cancer SUCKS.

1 comment:

  1. The only why to look at it is to pray and do your best. 12 lbs is a lot of weight gain. Congradulations and good luck on the test.

    Love and Kisses Ray & Angie

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