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, April 11, 2012

No more Chemo

4-11-12 Wednesday

Well, today was to be the start of round 2 on Mom's chemo. As you all know she was in the hospital until Monday night of this week. She missed an appt with her chemo Doctor on Tuesday due to being behind on mail. So when she showed up for treatment today they shuffled her over to see the Doc.
Dr. Isa told Mom that the chemo treatments weren't working and they are going to discontinue chemo treatment. How do they know that this second round wouldn't have made the difference. Seems to me like they don't want to waste their time with her.
Tomorrow at 11am we will finally meet with the radiologist for a consultation. I'm hoping that that isn't a closed road too.
Keep Mom in your prayers.
Thanks...
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