Summer vacation

Dr. Scott led with the good news at this morning's appointment:
"It's working!"
The chemotherapy is effective according to the results of last Friday's CT scan.  All the liver tumors are shrinking. But at the same time the toxicity is high and he had to cancel this morning's infusion because my blood platelet count was too low to treat me.  So I get another week off chemo.  It may mean that I am now one week on and two weeks off.  I guess I'll take that even though I am anxious for the drugs to do their work.

Still one more hospital test next Monday; a trans-esophageal something or other.  They will induce sleep and put some scanner down my throat to look at my heart to make sure that the source of my stroke is not originating there.  This was ordered by the Neurologist, Dr. Santos.  Dr. Scott suspects the stroke was triggered by migraines. But the heart must be ruled out.

My classes at WMCAT ended last week and I have to say that it felt just like that old feeling from grade school at the beginning of summer vacation. But it was bittersweet saying goodbye to the kids.

Time to work a little travel into my schedule.