[Magdalen] Good News

[Raewynne Whiteley]

Excellent news for both of you.  Chemo is a long hard road.
Raewynne

On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Different cancer, different chemo, different oncologist.  My cycle was set
> from the beginning -- 6 cycles of 3 treatments each, total of 18 sessions
> over 18 weeks.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Eleanor Braun
> >
> >  My results are also good so far.  I'm half way through chemo, and my
> >> cancer
> >> antigen is down by 2/3.  Blood counts are good, and virtually no side
> >> effects.
> >>
> >
> > That antigen number is an interesting one -- my doctor says it's good
> news
> > when its down below 5, as that's within the range of people with no signs
> > of cancer at all. But its only meaningful in the context of everything
> else
> > that may be going on.
> >
> > They also noticed the damaged gene that has caused the Wagner-Stickler
> eye
> > and joint problems, passed  along for generations. The wonders of modern
> > Science!
> >
> > How does the Doctor know you're halfway? Mine says we continue as long as
> > it's working, making adjustments along the line if it doesn’t work
> anymore.
> > It continues until remission or until the worst happens and further chemo
> > treatment is futile.
> >
> > I am in my cocoon state right now, with the Fluorouracil bottle in a
> sling
> > around my waist and connected the the Mediport on the upper chest. Albert
> > will remove it tomorrow when it's finished -- we have syringes of Saline
> > and Heparin to inject to keep the internal tube clean, and then he pulls
> > the needle out.We are required to bring the bottle back to MSK to be
> > disposed of properly.
> >
> > Let me add that I told of my predicament to a good friend and fellow
> > anthracite researcher when he was here at Christmas. Taking my advice, he
> > had a colonoscopy last week, and they found cancerous cells. He has a
> full
> > CT scan scheduled next week. Albert finally decided he'd better have one
> as
> > well -- his is Feb 4.
> >
> > Jim
> >
>