Chemo Tuesday

Here we are back at chemo. Jon's had a pretty good week but he has been a little more tired then usual. His hemoglobin, hematocrit and platelets were slightly low this time which would account for the increased fatigue. Next week is our week off so that will give him a chance to rebound. This has been by far the best session of chemo with minimal side effects. He seems to tolerate the Tarceva just find if he takes the lower dose during the week off from intravenous chemo.

Dr. Chue has been out of the office for the past month or so. He had eye surgery for glaucoma and his vision is coming back very slowly. The report is that he was able to read for the first time yesterday but is still unable to drive. It might be a few more weeks until we see him. In his absence the rest of the staff has taken excellent care of Jon. We had a long discussion with Dr. Reilly last week about the radiofreuqency albation versus a liver resection. The jury is still out on any surgery until after the PET scan in December. We are praying that Dr. Chue will be back in time to help us make those decisions. Jon is adamantly opposed to a surgery as invasive as a resection, however both Dr. Reilly and Dr. Chue have indicated that it might be his best hope for a complete cure. The ablation is still a good option but he would require more chemo afterwards. These are difficult decisions and of course ultimately up to Jon.

We are looking forward to our week off and Thanksgiving at Tonya and Tony's this year. Elizabeth and I both have this Thursday off and are planning on baking pumpkin pies and Christmas cookies all day. I don't think we've done that together in ten years!