Update on Lisa

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  • June 4, 2010 at 8:02 pm #38748
    gavin
    Moderator

    Hi Lisa,

    Great news indeed and I hope that your summer arrives real soon and that you can start working on that suntan!!!

    Best wishes,

    Gavin

    June 3, 2010 at 10:20 pm #38747
    kristin
    Spectator

    Lisa, you’re my hero! I’m so glad to hear about the good results, and I hope you’ll be able to enjoy life more with this “easier” combo.

    Hugs to you,

    Kristin

    June 3, 2010 at 9:28 pm #38746
    devoncat
    Spectator

    Lisa,
    This belongs in the Good News section! I am so happy for you. Lets hope the new regime works even better. I am at a little past 3 years too. Lets keep them scratching their heads.

    Kris

    June 3, 2010 at 9:20 pm #38745
    lainy
    Spectator

    Yeah, Lisa. Very good news, indeed! Stock up on Lemon Drops. Keep up the good news and as always we are thinking about you and wishing you the very best. :):)

    June 3, 2010 at 9:11 pm #38744
    jemima
    Member

    Hi Lisa

    Well I hope that the new treatment continues to have only minor side effects. Reading that you are nearly at the 3 year mark gives me real hope for my Mum who is only 4 months on from diagnosis but so many of the doctors are really negative. It would be good for them to come on here and read some people’s stories.
    It sounds like you have such a good attitude towards it all.

    As for the weather we finally have some sunshine here in Wales and even had a barbecue tonight….hooray !

    best wishes for continued good CT scans

    Jemima

    June 3, 2010 at 8:42 pm #3620
    lisa
    Spectator

    Well, I started a new chemo combo yesterday of Irinotecan/​Gemzar. The old stuff was working, but my doctor took pity on me and changed my medicine because it was making me so sick and nauseous for days.

    The new stuff doesn’t have those effects. I got it yesterday and feel fine so far. The only thing I notice different is my mouth is really dry.

    My last two CT scans in the past couple of weeks showed little to no growth in the lungs or the abdomen except for a few enlarged lymph nodes. So that is definitely something to celebrate. It will be going on three years since I was diagnosed as of August 2007. So far, so good. I told my doctor that if he gives me an inch, I’ll take a mile! Just give me a chance. He is pleased with my attitude and my overall health. Even the labs for yesterday looked good and in the normal range, praise God!

    We are still waiting for summer to arrive here in the Seattle area. It’s been in the 50’s for nearly the entire month of May. I want a suntan!

    Love to all,
    Lisa

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