Wednesday, September 04, 2013
Released.
The good news from the oncologist today is that he is
willing, even recommending, a hiatus with the chemo, to give my body a chance
to function better for awhile. Of course
the risk is that we are giving the cancer a chance to show its true colors,
maybe even parade around strutting a bit.
But Janet and I are delighted at the suggestion.
We are going to try two months san Sutent, and then do
another CT scan to see what’s happened.
Just the prospect of being Sutent free until the fall makes me happy.
I had actually asked the oncologist last time if we could
take a break from Sutent, but then he did not think it was a good idea. When I reminded him today that temsirolimus
almost killed me he looked surprised.
But he could tell that continuing on Sutent is a sure sentence of chronic
discomfort and disability. So we are
going to take a chance and see what the cancer will do without Sutent. We can always go back to Sutent, he says;
best to keep it in the fridge.
So that’s the good news; that’s what we think is the good
news; that’s what we hope will be the good news.
Aloha,
Thallervale
9/4/2013 7:06 PM
