Results....sort of.

1st: Thank you Lord for making lungs a natural filtration system.
I recently had a 4 day stay in the hospital after posting my last blog, one of my guardian angels suggested I call the doctor about some of my symptoms.  After the ER and then being admitted into the hospital it was discovered that the new blood thinner I was on, Pradaxa, had failed.  I now have multiple Pulmonary Embolism in both my lungs.  We decided to have an Inferior Vena Cava filter put in (sits in a major vein, below my belly bottom) to catch any new clots that try to travel.  Also, I'm back on Enxoparin (the very first injection blood thinner I was put on)  Hopefully that will take care of any new clots from forming, and the filter will catch any that do move, and the ones in my lungs will stay there until my body eats them up.  Which will takes a few months.  So in the mean time, my chest pains will come and go, and breathing is a task in itself.   Thankfully all my new clots got stuck in my lungs-not making it to any other part of my body that could be dangerous!!

2nd:  Thank you Lord for the good results yesterday, even though they were a little incomplete...they were still a good sign! Dr. Lee explained that the CT showed all the same "masses" that were there when I started Chemo.   First that means that no new masses have occurred and that my cancer has not spread!!! Which was a scary possibility seeming everything going on with my blood clots, and how aggressive it was to begin with.   There are two possibilities here, Dr. Lee said, either the chemo is keeping the cancer stable (not spreading but not dying either)  OR the cancer is dying however the masses are still there, almost a skeleton of where the active cancer used to be.  The only way to know what is happening is to get a PET scan, which I'll have right before my next infusion on June 5th.

A short and sweet update, I hope it leaves you encouraged, as I am grateful for this news, even if it's a little incomplete.  Not too much to report on after the 4th round as of now, expect major cramping and my chest is extremely tight making it hard to breath...making it hard to do normal tasks.

 Lounging on the couch with the pups keeping me warm

  Ryan & I have mastered the hospital bed cuddle

On Mother's Day, the day I got released!