Me waiting while Adam is taken to imaging When I was writing the last post, I was sitting in the emergency department at our local hospital with Adam, trying not to use all my phone battery. It was Friday and the day had started off pretty typically. At 8am my alarm went off reminding me …
Cycle 1 After three weeks of Eli's new medication, he will get to take a break from it for a week. This medication is given in 28 day cycles: 21 days on, 7 days off, and will repeat until it stops working. Within a week of starting Stivarga/Regorafenib, Eli could tell his thigh tumor was …
We usually think of being photogenic as looking good on camera. What do you call someone who looks good on scans? Eli is having his MRI now and negotiated with the nurse when she would put in his IV for the contrast. During said negotiations, she mentioned how good he is at getting his MRIs. …
Trying to decide on a relapse treatment plan was much more difficult than I had anticipated. When I read the MRI results back in May, I was devastated, but determined to push through whatever miserable chemo combo was on the menu for relapse. Instead, we were told there wasn't a plan because nothing would cure …
