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Apologies for the delay in posting. We had another successful Friday, we completed a round of chemo… I think this makes 12. My platelets, white count and red count were within “chemo range” (see prayer works)! We reviewed our lab work and our tumor markers while remaining quite high did drop 76 points (prayer working again). We will repeat this today and see where we are next week to determine if we need to schedule scans. My extreme fatigue continues. Some say if I would slow down it would help. Helena, NP says we are beating this cancer with a very aggressive protocol and the fatigue is expected.  They had mentioned before that some trials had been conducted with low dose Ritalin with varied success; some saw a mild increase in energy while others did not. I told her I was willing to give it a try.

I have lost count of courses and rounds and I thought we would validate these. A little review of the calendar should be fairly easy and/or maybe a bit confusing but let’s give it a try.:

1. The 1st protocol started the end of June and we completed two courses by the end of August. We had to delay treatment several times due to low counts. The 1st protocol, “A”: one course consisted of 3 rounds, once weekly then a week off.  So the total for Protocol A, 2 courses times 3 = 6 rounds.
2.  The next and current protocol, “B”: one course consists of 2 rounds, once every other week with a week off. This protocol started Sept 7th and we have not missed any rounds. Today we completed three courses. The current total for Protocol B, 3 courses times 2 equals 6 rounds plus Protocol A: 6 rounds makes today Round 12 or Protocol B Course 3:2.

Our tasks at hand are pray for a continued drop in my tumor markers, increased energy and continued health with our chemo regime. As we prepare for Thanksgiving pray for safe travel for all our friends and family that travel and that we might all stop and reflect on all our blessing we have received or witnessed this past year.

Grace & Peace my cherished friends and family.