Introduction

Welcome to my blog about my mom, Loretta, and our journey through learning of her cancer and treatment.

Just a little background. Mom is 61 and hadn't been to a doctor in about 18 years until this past June 2011. The reason for this is due to the surmountable cost of insurance, even when your spouse has insurance it can be cost prohibitive.
So, Mom finally got approved by JPS in June and it was a good thing too, she had Basil cell carcinoma on the bridge of her nose. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor and plastic surgery reconstruction. She also has high blood pressure and Thyroid problems. We thought she was finally getting the attention she was missing and was going to be OK. Boy were we mistaken.
Mom started having some abdominal pain the first of January 2012. After talking with her and the pain getting worse, she finally agreed that she needed to go to the clinic or ER.
The following blog posts chronicle the events since then. Future posts will continue to explain treatment, issues concerning her condition and general comments.
I appreciate you taking the time to learn about what it means to be diagnosed and this type of cancer. Mom has been a trooper so far, she says "I'll beat this".

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Chemo day 1 - Cisplatin

3/21/12 - Wednesday

Mom starts systemic chemo today with only one drug, Cisplatin. Her bilirubin count is still too high for them to use a cocktail of 2 drugs ( cisplatin + gemzar ). Once her counts are low enough or she shows she can tolerate the cisplatin, try will introduce the gemzar.
Mom is looking forward to starting her treatment too.

Yesterday we saw her primary doctor, Dr Sayeed. Very nice lady that loves mom. She's very hopeful that the treatment works.

Mom has a consult with Radiation this coming Monday at 9am. We are both hoping that they can do some radiation on the right side of her tumor to clear it away from the veins so that Dr Satya can try the chemoimobilization again.

Stay tuned, more to come!!

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