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".

Monday, March 12, 2012

Chemo Day 1 (or so we thought)

3/12/12 - Monday

Mom's in surgery to have Chemoimobilization (direct inject chemo into the tumor).
Procedure was to last between 1-2 hours.
The Doctor was unable to get the catheter into her tumor because it is pressing on the vein and he couldn't get into the tumor.
Dr advises us to start radiation & chemo to help shrink the tumor. He is hopeful that he can still do the procedure later.
Mom was visibly upset as well as being in some pretty bad pain.

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