The children are back in school, and Carl is back to getting chemotherapy.
The children started school September 1, 2011, and have had four days of school so far. Tom is a High School Junior (11th grade), Anthony is a High School Sophmore (10th grade), Nathan is in 8th grade, and Miranda is in 7th grade.
Carl started an overnight 24 hour infusion on Wednesday, September 7, 2011, and that chemotherapy infusion is ending today, Thursday, September 8, 2011. It is a new chemotherapy drug for Carl - an experimental drug with some weird name. (I'll find out the name later)
I would love lots of prayers that this new chemotherapy drug works wonders - the stupid cancer cells have been growing again. Please put Carl on your church's prayers list as well.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that some cells are growing, since Carl has had only one other chemotherapy course in 2011, but I admit that the new cells are discouraging.
By the way, Carl started out this chemotherapy course weighing 136 lbs.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Weighty issues
As I mentioned in the previous post, on July 11, 2011 to July 14, 2011, Carl had his 16th course of Chemotherapy. It was the hardest course of chemotherapy Carl had had to date.
Carl's weight had been holding stable within a 10-15 pound range for the duration of his cancer since 2009. He may have been at 160-165 pounds in 2009, and during chemotherapy he might drop up to 10 pounds, which he would then usually gain back most of the weight before the next round of chemo. The surgeries (in 2011) really knocked Carl down, but he would gain most of the weight back. But here is a recent history of weight. All of the weights here were taken at the Doctors office on the Doctor's scales.
On May 16, 2011, Carl weighed 154 pounds.
On May 18, 2011, Carl weighed 153 pounds.
On May 23, 2011, Carl weighed 149 pounds.
On May 27, 2011, Carl weighed 146 pounds.
On June 9, 2011, Carl weighed 148 pounds.
On June 16, 2011, Carl weighed 158 pounds.
JUNE 18, 2011 - Neck surgery
On July 7, 2011, Carl weighed 141 pounds.
On July 14, 2011, Carl weighed 142 pounds.
JULY 11, 2011 to July 14, 2011 inpatient Chemotherapy
On July 28, 2011, Carl weighed 131 pounds.
This is the lightest Carl was been since high school.
On August 2, 2011, Carl weighed 137 pounds.
The July 2011 Chemotherapy Course really left Carl with little appetite and strength. Of all the cancer months, this is the time Carl spent the most time in bed. The next chemotherapy course was postponed, and then postponed again. Carl has regained his appetite, a bit, and his energy, somewhat, and he is now back to work when he doesn't have doctor appointments. Now it seems he may have chemotherapy on August 29, 2011.
In the meanwhile, Carl leg has been hurting more. This has not helped things. Carl uses crutches and/or the walker all the time. An MRI on July 16, 2011 gave us the information for a procedure that might help (a cyto ablation followed by an injection of epoxy directly into the bone), but we only met the the doctor to talk about the MRI on Aug 2, 2011. I wish now we had not allowed the 6 week delay, but Carl was really dragging and we dropped the ball. We set up a procedure for August 26, 2011, the earliest time available with all the doctors vacations and what not. Now the leg has gotten worse, and so we wait again, to find out more.
At least the summer weather has been great for all this waiting around that Carl and I seem to be doing. I hope your summer has been going well.
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Carl's weight had been holding stable within a 10-15 pound range for the duration of his cancer since 2009. He may have been at 160-165 pounds in 2009, and during chemotherapy he might drop up to 10 pounds, which he would then usually gain back most of the weight before the next round of chemo. The surgeries (in 2011) really knocked Carl down, but he would gain most of the weight back. But here is a recent history of weight. All of the weights here were taken at the Doctors office on the Doctor's scales.
On May 16, 2011, Carl weighed 154 pounds.
On May 18, 2011, Carl weighed 153 pounds.
On May 23, 2011, Carl weighed 149 pounds.
On May 27, 2011, Carl weighed 146 pounds.
On June 9, 2011, Carl weighed 148 pounds.
On June 16, 2011, Carl weighed 158 pounds.
JUNE 18, 2011 - Neck surgery
On July 7, 2011, Carl weighed 141 pounds.
On July 14, 2011, Carl weighed 142 pounds.
JULY 11, 2011 to July 14, 2011 inpatient Chemotherapy
On July 28, 2011, Carl weighed 131 pounds.
This is the lightest Carl was been since high school.
On August 2, 2011, Carl weighed 137 pounds.
The July 2011 Chemotherapy Course really left Carl with little appetite and strength. Of all the cancer months, this is the time Carl spent the most time in bed. The next chemotherapy course was postponed, and then postponed again. Carl has regained his appetite, a bit, and his energy, somewhat, and he is now back to work when he doesn't have doctor appointments. Now it seems he may have chemotherapy on August 29, 2011.
In the meanwhile, Carl leg has been hurting more. This has not helped things. Carl uses crutches and/or the walker all the time. An MRI on July 16, 2011 gave us the information for a procedure that might help (a cyto ablation followed by an injection of epoxy directly into the bone), but we only met the the doctor to talk about the MRI on Aug 2, 2011. I wish now we had not allowed the 6 week delay, but Carl was really dragging and we dropped the ball. We set up a procedure for August 26, 2011, the earliest time available with all the doctors vacations and what not. Now the leg has gotten worse, and so we wait again, to find out more.
At least the summer weather has been great for all this waiting around that Carl and I seem to be doing. I hope your summer has been going well.
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