Tuesday, 11/2 -- Drugs come in families?

The results are in.

The CAT Scan results showed that there was neither progression nor regression of the disease. Basically, the last round of chemo had caused little change in the visible tumors.

Since the cisplatin had kicked my butt during round five, the Tumor Board at DCMH and my oncology team have recommended a slightly different approach to treatment.

No more cisplatin. I'll receive a drug in the same family of chemo drugs, carboplatin.
(I should have told them I am on a low carb diet! Ha, I'm such a jolly joker.)

I'll receive carboplatin once a week for three weeks, on Tuesdays.
The VP 16 will now be taken in pill form for 21 days.

21 days, of course, is one cycle. I'll be getting a total of 3 cycles with a week off between each cycle.

Yep, 11 more weeks of chemo fun.

The good news is that they expect me to feel very good throughout this regime. These drugs shouldn't devastate my blood counts, energy level or immune system. I'll still have side effects, but nothing like what I had during cisplatin. I may become one of those functional cancer patients that you see holding jobs and having a life. It's exciting!

I'll keep you posted on my reawakening to life.

Yes, I voted today. In my usual pattern, I split my ticket, voting for members of three of the five parties. (Libertarian? That's not a political party, that's a cult.)