Slightly smaller. Certainly nothing was bigger.
Tentative "Yay!"
Sounds better than the results from the previous regimen, anyway, so that's good.
I can beat up demons until the cows come home, and then I can beat up the cows.
Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - May 26, 2023 11:01:12 am PDT #22388 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Jesse - May 26, 2023 11:03:22 am PDT #22389 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Continuing to keep fingers crossed!!
DavidS - May 26, 2023 11:04:26 am PDT #22390 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Probably mm Tom.
Steph L. - May 26, 2023 11:07:09 am PDT #22391 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
David, that sounds good for this early in the treatment, especially compared to the previous treatment.
-t - May 26, 2023 11:11:12 am PDT #22392 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, I know that's not defiitively excellent news, but it's certainly way better than it could be so I'm happy about it! Hope the remainder of this trip is easy on you both
DavidS - May 26, 2023 11:11:37 am PDT #22393 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
David, that sounds good for this early in the treatment, especially compared to the previous treatment.
It is possible this is just what would have happened just by changing from FOLFOX to FOLFIRI but I don’t think so.
They are more aggressively attacking in this round with Avastin (monoclonal antibody that starved the tumor of blood) as well as the study drug which is highly targeted to this tumor mutation.
brenda m - May 26, 2023 11:12:25 am PDT #22394 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh wow, very glad to hear this. Progress in the right direction.
Cass - May 26, 2023 11:19:51 am PDT #22395 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I'm glad the scans showed no progression. Keeping you both in my thoughts.
meara, I am so sorry. I hope the results are better than anticipated and your mom has good doctors and nurses.
JenP - May 26, 2023 11:20:23 am PDT #22396 of 30000
meara, that is awful on all levels; I'm so sorry. Hoping for best possible outcomes for all of it, and it's a lot.
David, that's good to hear.
DavidS - May 26, 2023 11:25:36 am PDT #22397 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah it’s not “You’re cured!” But it’s definitely not “It’s worse and the treatment failed.”
It’s “This seems to be working and moving in the right direction.”
And that’s definitely a win after the last two scans.
The new drugs are here! Always takes forever to get them released from the pharmacy because clinical trial authorizations are many.
But now we’re on time for keeping the chemo pump clock countdown (45 hours) so we can catch our scheduled flight home on Sunday.