Cough

Goopy cough this morning.  But the coffee is good! :)

I have to call the doc this morning anyway so that I can get my 'get out of jury duty free' letter.  They don't actually open until 11 AM, so I have time.  I just hate having things like this hanging over my head.  Oh the stress. :D

We saw the owls again yesterday.  The biggest of the two could probably take my smallest chihuahua, but I'm thinking they already have a smorgasbord of feral cats from which to choose.  From where they were roosting yesterday, they overlook the yard of a woman who feeds feral cats.  Yep, smorgasbord.  It's nesting time for them, too, and I am guessing the big one is the female.  She doesn't look like she's been starving in any way. 

Encouraging news from Medscape on early response to Chemotherapy in esophageal cancers.  Read it here!  I think we did my CT after four chemos and found shrinkage of the tumors.  Look at those statistics; median age 62, and 91% male.  But I have been reading more and more about people in their 30's and 40's being diagnosed.  To what are we being exposed?  Is it something in our food?  Our water?  The air we breathe? 

And on a sad note, I mourn the passing of Jack LaLanne, a fixture of my childhood.

Well, I guess I'll go hit the shower and then play a little World of Warcraft before I call the doctor.  Be safe, warm and kind, people.  Adios!

We have SHRINKAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know exactly the rate of shrinkage on the Evil Tumor itself, but I do have the measurements on one of the lymph nodes:  Original size was 25 x 25, yesterday it was 14 x 21.  Oh yeah, I'll take that!!!

Dr. F iterated that while I won't be cured, this is a good step toward control of the cancer. Unfortunately, though, my white counts are still too low, so we're doing half doses of Carboplatin and Taxol today.  Herceptin, on the other hand is still at full dose, and that's a very good thing.

So, the Benadryl is kicking in, and I'm getting groggy, so that's it for this post.

Love to EVERYONE! :)