~Mighty Oak STABLE and Cruising Eastern Carribbean For More Normalcy!!!
Still do not know if stable is the same as NED but we are dancing anyway. Just so pleased to see him still here fighting. September 7th marks his 2 year Cancerversary and for that, for the fight, for the completion of 1 1/2 years straight chemotherapy.......I am taking him away!!
I was so sad last night when we had complications getting these plans in order that I cried myself to sleep. Complete meltdown. It did not look like we would be travelling anywhere! What a great thing to cry about, something OTHER THAN CANCER!! Although I did not think I would feel better about it in the morning, I did. I rejoiced in the fact that the biggest problem we had for right now was vacation plans!! Today I had to get a new birth certificate (don't ask), passport and pay for the entire cruise by 3.30. FINI!! All set Mighty Oak, this one is for you!!
We will be driving to Miami and getting there early, so if anyone wants a visit, we could plan something. Thirteen days of Heaven. AHhhhhh!! I cannot express the complete joy.
When the doctor pushed up his visit to 3 months I put my hands over my face and cried loudly: "I am so scared, I am so scared" Of course our Angel doctor asked me why, relieved my fears and the asked...."Does 2 months make you feel better Marie?? Unbelievable. This makes me laugh since I am not the patient. We have a BRAIN MRI and PETSCAN coming up to assure that he is still stable.
This is the first time his numbers have stopped climbing after chemo stopped, on some chemo the numbers rised during treatment.
CEA.....2.1
CA27/29.....37.3
We want to take another moment to thank you all here for your continued prayers, love and support. Ed & I were told by his doctor that this is the best time to go on vacation and to absorb this newfound freedom as long as it lasts. It is scary not being on treatment and being stage IV but I am sure we will adjust slowly. Never been on this part of the journey but I am certain we will love it.
Love to talk more but I just got promised a dance from my 'Lil Oaker>>Believe51
Thank you all so much for loving us, you mean the world to us. And, do not forget that we could have never done this without y'all!! I know our Angels are looking down upon us and smiling!!
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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