Amy's Cancer Story

Since May 1st, 2021, when I was on a driving vacation, I have had a strange wound on my right leg. Below the knee. This is on the outside of where some of the hardware is for my knee replacement. It was about the size of a nickel or a little bigger. It started as […]

Chemo is completed per my last post. Early November I had one of my maintenance treatments that are to help keep the cancer from growing as I mentioned previously. My CA numbers were down again. December 2, 2021, I had my next treatment. Due to Thanksgiving, it was pushed from 3 weeks to 4 weeks. […]

Just checking in to give an update. September 16th had to be skipped due to intense cold flu like symptoms. No Covid though, after getting tested. The treatment plan was just pushed a week. Even though a week was skipped the CA did go down. The numbers are down close to a normal level. Amen. […]

Things have been moving along. This past week I got a severe cold and lost my voice yesterday and it is still not gone today. My right hip is still cracked based on the pain. Some days are worse than others. Hopefully after the chemo is over that will heal up better and be much […]

Yesterday, was chemo #6 of 12. So we are at the halfway mark. Great News. For some reason my doctor included the Cancer Antigen test again, even though I had it last week. He has been doing these monthly. Even after one week, it is down again to 93.9. Amen! Thank you for all those […]

This week 8-12-21 my blood work was in the normal range for white and red blood count to get my normal dose of Paxol. That was the only drug for this week. Each month my Dr. has been checking something called “Cancer Antigen” in my blood work. Here is the chart: Here are some comments […]

Today is treatment #4 of 12. I am here for the day. I have all my devices to work and keep me busy unless I am sleeping. So they had to reduce my chemo by 80% due to blood work. It was reduced by 50% last week for the same reason. I will be taking […]

I have been holding off getting my hair cut or shaved. When the day comes, you know it is time. Today was the day. I woke up and showered and hair was coming out in clumps. Due to me keeping it up in a hair clip during the summer months mostly due to the heat, […]

Last time this year we hosted family for my daughter’s wedding. It was a great time. I had recently found out that I had cancer in my bones (pelvis and spine) and asked to start my pill and shot treatments after the wedding as I did not know what my response would be. Due to […]

I have done two rounds of chemo so far – July 15 and 22. I will have chemo every week for 12 weeks. After the first round, I was exhausted as of July 15th. I sept a lot over the couple days before the chemo started, mostly, I believe, due to the port being put […]