Good morning all. Well, first, I missed an important piece of information in the conversation with the DR yesterday.

Must be related to my sister, because she missed the same piece when she got her first infomation too. In addition to the 4 initial treatments, 2 wks apart each, there is a 2nd series. Once a week for 12 weeks Whether I participate in the clinical study or not. I thought the 2nd series was only if I did the study. Marcus re-explained it to me this morning. That’s what I took him along for, right?

Wow! That’s more than 4 months! I don’t think I wanna do this and NOW I want to quit! Where’d I get all that positive attitude from? I know, from ignorance!!! Yeah, and if the length of feeling crappy isn’t enough, read some of the “likely” side-effects and work up to the “rare” ones. And that’s not including the test drug!

The other thing, I thought I would share the name of the trial drug, which isn’t like a new drug, it’s been successful in different cancers and higher stages of breast cancer. They are just studying to see if it is a viable option for lesser stages. The drug is Bevacizumab (link goes to Medline Plus description of the drug).

Well, I think the next order of business should be for me to get out my Bible and start praying for a whole lot more things than I was before. Now, I need to be covered for side-effects. Geesh, all that crossed my mind before was hair loss, vomiting, fatigue, low immune system. Yeah, then they gave me the sheet of meds that make up the chemotherapy with the side-effects.

Ok, time to buck up and go find me something good to read! Sounds like Marcus might even be fixing up some breakfast. Gotta take my sugar quick. Someone eat some chocolate for me today, would you? Check out the weather, and whether it is good or not, give a smile to the sky, and float it on a cloud to me. I’ll send one right back, you know I will!

Blessings to all, and a happy Saturday to you!
Sherry