So, who said that medicine was a science. I have to say that it is becoming somewhat of an art form. We were under the (false) impression that after this treatment, mom would be going in for another scan of her liver. Well, we are starting to get a bit more clarification on how this whole process works. We meet with the doctor each week. At that point, depending on how mom is doing, he will determine the next treatment. Today she received the Herceptin (protein drug) and a reduced amount of Abraxane (chemo). The chemo dosage was reduced from her treatment two weeks ago. It was sort of my expectation that she would be done with this first phase of chemo as this was treatment #8. However, that is not the case. The doctor indicated that she will probably have another 2-4 treatments before we have further testing. So, we plan on taking this one week at a time and more importantly, one day at a time.
Her side effects were better this week than last. We are hoping that she will have a good week since the chemo dosage was reducted a bit from before.
It is somewhat frustrating not knowing when this phase will end. Even I was disappointed to hear that mom will be taking more treatments and I am not even the one going through them.
Mom also had an appointment scheduled with the surgeon in about two weeks. Dr. Margolis said that we were a long way away from talking to the surgeon again. So, we cancelled the appointment and will reschedule at some point in the future.
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