Tuesday, October 15, 2013

I'm over my head/chest cold other than a lingering cough, but Lisa still has hers a bit, including a slight fever today before our appointment this afternoon with the oncologist.  Lisa's blood chemistry looked ok -- still anemic but stable or improving in most measurements.

Because Lisa still seems to have a bit of a cold, the doctor decided that Lisa should not have chemo this week.  Once she restarts, she'll have two weeks of chemo (one "cycle"), then two or three weeks off, and then another two weeks of chemo.  A week or more after that, Lisa will have another PET/CT scan to evaluate if the treatment is continuing to be as effective as it was at the time of the last PET/CT.

The doctor did say that Lisa appears to be at the tail end of her cold, but he would have recommended taking the infusion last week as a prevention of potential complications.  However, Lisa's immune system (primarily blood white cell count) is good right now so her decision not to have antibiotics last week turned out ok,