Jolene's Journey

Just an update to what is happening with the cancer. On the 21st I went in to get a CT scan to evaluate how the cancer therapy is progressing. I have had a great deal of swelling in my abdomen and in my legs and feet and the doctor was concerned that perhaps the cancer in the liver was not responding to the chemo like the cancer in the lung. Dick and I had a consultation with the doctor today at 2:30pm. He said he had good news!! the CT scan showed that the tumors in the lungs and liver had shunk significantly both in size and in number. He was very encouraged with the therapy results. Apparently the liver is simply reacting to trying to rid the body of all the toxic material from the chemo and is not being able to handle the overload very well. I will go in on Monday and have the abdomen drained like I did a few weeks ago. He instructed me to put pillows under my legs at night so the fluids in the legs will drain back into the abdomen so the lymph nodes can get rid of the fluids in the legs. If I can get past the swelling I think I would feel pretty good. The swelling makes it hard to eat and drink because it pushes on my stomach and intestines. I am not sure you really wanted to know all of that but thats where I am at. I will continue with my chemo treatments on next wednesday.
Love, Jolene