5th Treatment Cycle 3 Day 53, Follow Up, Treatment Resumed
October 18, 2024 Cycle 3 Treatment 5 Day 53 On the 15th I had lab work and follow up with my medical oncologist Dr. An and Kayden had a follow up with her neurologist to go over her EMU study which you can read about here, we were given great news so be sure to […]
5th Treatment Cycle 3 Day 43, Biopsy Day, Treatment Paused, New Friends!
October 7, 2024 Cycle 3 Treatment 5 Day 43 Ken and I arrived at our hotel for my MDA stay Sunday afternoon early evening. We got settled into our room and then headed down to the hotel restaurant to have some dinner. There is a nice upper deck that guests can lounge at so we […]
Rest Week, Shaved Head, Kayden TCH & Trip to Emergency
October 4, 2024 Cycle 2 Rest Week This week Kayden was at Texas Children’s for her EMU study and SPECT scan. She had to be there at 7 am Monday morning so we decided to go the night before to avoid having to have to leave in the wee morning hours for the drive. Ken […]
4th Treatment Cycle 2 Day 29
September 24, 2024 Cycle 2 Treatment 4 Chemo/Immunotherapy Day 29 This week is the last treatment of cycle 2. At the end of this cycle I’m at the half way point of my neoadjuvant therapy (pre-op) treatment. My sweet friend took me to treatment this week so that Ken could stay home and care for […]
3rd Treatment Cycle 2 Day 22
September 17, 2024 Cycle 2 Treatment 3 Chemo/Immunotherapy Day 22 I have been feeling much worse over the last week leading up to treatment 3. Side effects of some intense fatigue and severe indigestion that has made it difficult to sleep contributing to my fatigue even more. Another sweet care package arrived from a cherished […]
2nd Treatment Cycle 1 Day 8 and Current Update
September 3, 2024 Cycle 1 Chemo Day 8 (second treatment) The morning started off somewhat early. We dropped Kayden off with our sweet friends for the day and we headed out for the 4 hour drive to the Medical Center. We arrived at MDA Main and started first at the laboratory for my pre-blood work […]
1st Treatment Cycle 1 Day 1 and Current Update
August 27, 2024 Cycle 1 Chemo/Immunotherapy Day 1 We arrived at the Medical Center on Monday because Dena had to be there quite early on Tuesday for her first treatment and she had appointments with her oncologist Dr. An as well as lab work to be done before treatment could get started. She will have […]
Port Day
August 23, 2024 chemo port (port-a-cath) day. What is a chemo port?A chemo port is a device placed under my skin above the muscle in my right chest, which connects to one of my major veins. It looks like a disc around the size of a quarter, with a flexible tube attached. What are chemo […]
Insurance Obstacles
I really don’t know much about insurance. I am a web guy mainly and my focus is family and work. Dena had set us up with insurance via the marketplace. All good! Nope, not good enough. The company I work for AccuLock, Inc. offers insurance to all of us employees, but I have always declined […]
The News…
This journey began in June after a CT scan for something entirely different that ended up being a fatty deposit. Whoa, What? Dr. McLeod, our local hero who is probably the best we have ever had is very conscientious when it comes to things. That’s what you want with your doctor, right? Well, the CT […]