DOCTOR APPOINTMENT

I had a good doctor appointment today. My doctor could barely detect the tumors from the surface that just 10 days ago he could feel and they were markedly smaller even then. He explained that everyone is really excited about the good results they are getting from the clinical trial. Some of the people who have been dealing with these blood related cancers for a very long time, even before my doctor was born, were so surprised by the results they were seeing that they called the doctor who is the head of the clinical trial and questioned him about the accuracy of the data. My doctor is excited that I seem to be responding so quickly and he thinks I have been through the worst of it as far as side effects and symptoms. My liver enzymes are back to normal but my white blood count is a little low; not low enough to concern him though. I am off all meds now except the chemo pill which I start again on Monday for a 21 day cycle. I have infusions of Rituxin the next 2 Mondays. Then they will do another CT/PET scan on 8/4 and I will see the doctor on 8/7 before I start another cycle on 8/10. He will decide at that time whether I stay on the chemo pill only or start another 4 week cycle of Rituxin infusions. I have had a pretty good week. I still get super tired but I can't really complain. I think being off of the other meds will help with my energy level. So I am just hanging out and resting and getting ready for my next infusion. I may even take a short bike ride tomorrow morning. I may not be able to every morning, but if I can get out on the bike trail even a couple of times a week it makes me feel a whole lot better. Have a great weekend everyone and I will let you know how the next infusion goes. I will probably post an update on Tuesday morning.