Thursday, January 8, 2009

GamePlan: Round 2

Due to the success of the first round of treatment, the plan is to continue down the same path. It will include:

1) Oral chemo for the first five days of every month for two months (beginning yesterday)
2) IV chemo once every other week for the next two months.

Basically, its pretty similar to the previous round, except no radiation (because he already OD'd on that) and rather than taking the oral chemo every weekday, he is going to be taking it in higher doses for just the first five days of each month.

After two months, he will have another progress MRI/scan. Gulp.

My understanding is that he will be on this treatment plan for as long as it works and once things start getting worse, they will get a little more experimental with his treatment. So here is to my dad being on chemotherapy for many years to come!

Round 2: Fight!

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