Breathing *just* a little bit easier...
Apr. 19th, 2006 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mniOkay, so it's been almost three months since Dad's cancer was discovered, and he finally had the second CAT scan to see if the chemo's been doing its job, yesterday. He went back to the doctor today for his Procrit injection, blood tests, and the results. ....
When the tumor was discovered, it was 12x10 cm, and threatening to push against his trachea (this is a new bit of info to me -- didn't know about the trachea threat back in January). The tumor is now 7x5cm -- so almost half the size it was, and is shrinking away from the trachea.
So the chemo is doing its job, and will continue. They'll do three more chemo sessions, then do another CAT Scan.
Fingers are still crossed... but at least my fingertips are getting their circulation back...
{{Whew}}
When the tumor was discovered, it was 12x10 cm, and threatening to push against his trachea (this is a new bit of info to me -- didn't know about the trachea threat back in January). The tumor is now 7x5cm -- so almost half the size it was, and is shrinking away from the trachea.
So the chemo is doing its job, and will continue. They'll do three more chemo sessions, then do another CAT Scan.
Fingers are still crossed... but at least my fingertips are getting their circulation back...
{{Whew}}
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Date: 2006-04-20 04:27 pm (UTC)Exactly what I've been thinking...
I'd known the scan was coming up, for a while now, and I was dreading bad news, 'cause if it had been bad, that would have made my upcoming (3-day only) visit back home extra sucky.
I've been angsting something terrible, and now I can breathe a bit again -- just not as deeply as I might, when the scan comes back showing that that damn thing is gone.