Back on Chemo

Its been 6 months off, but I’m back on chemo today.  The infection finally healed up and now we’re back to fighting off the liver tumors.  Unfortunately the liver tumors did grow over the last 6 months, but that isn’t very surprising with that much time off.  We’re still in a good place. The main tumor is gone and the lungs are still clear.

I did have success during the last round of chemo with the tumors shrinking, so now we just have to get back to that.  Today was treatment #16.  As of right now I have 5 additional treatments scheduled.  I’m sure that won’t be the end of it though.  Still a long road to go, but we’re staying on track and heading back in the right direction.

I’ll update again in a few days.  We changed one of the chemo drugs.  Still no more Oxaliplatin, as that gave me some bad neuropathy which is still present in my feet.  Instead we’ve changed to Irinotecan which is another front line chemo drug for colorectal cancer.  Main side effects for this drug is mostly diarrhea. Also more of a chance for losing my hair.  Time will tell on that one. Pretty much zero chance of causing neuropathy.

Wound healing… Slow

Had another post op checkup with my surgeon today. This appointment was an extra one. My visiting nurse was a little concerned with how the wound is healing. Overall it looks great, except for one spot/pocket where it actually got bigger. Because of this my nurse wanted my doctor to look at it. He said the wound is healing great and didn’t think the pocket was too much of a big deal. He said that happens. The outside of the wound is healing a lot faster than the inside. He’s only concerned about one spot near the surface that might heal to fast and not give the inside a chance to heal properly. Overall, he’s very happy. I won’t be using the sponge vac any longer. The visiting nurse will be coming every day to change the dressings and keep a close eye on the healing process.

On another note, he was surprised I hadn’t started back on chemo yet. I told him I hadn’t heard from my oncologists office. He thought he told them I was good to go and will send a message again. If I don’t hear anything I’ll call them next week.

Anyway, thus far things are going good. I’m feeling better and stronger each week. I just wish the neuropathy in my feet would go away.