[Cancer]
[cancer] Chemo series three, session four, day three
Yesterday I came off the needle. It was also a day with a very crowded house, which eventually became confusing, then overwhelming for me. I love my friends and family, I love visitors, but not always all the very same time. It didn’t help that the de-needling process ran into some snags with retracting the Huber needle.
Mostly though I was in a mood due to the disturbing news about the CEA levels. [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] There is one possible benign interpretation, that I’m experiencing a “CEA flare“. However, I’ve never experienced such in the past, and my CEA response have always been a bit idiosyncratic. My oncologist doesn’t seem to think this is likely either, though there’s no point in further speculation until we see the imaging. (Beyond feeding my imagination, I suppose.) I’ll be in to the oncology clinic this afternoon for my Neulasta shot, at which point we’ll also schedule the CT and go from there.
There’s some genetic testing available for my tumor tissue, that ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=1){kind=small}
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Feeling pretty overwhelmed here.
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I would very strongly advocate doing whatever it takes to get the genetic testing done. This is absolutely THE cancer treatment of the future, and it has huge potential to revolutionize the field. It’s still possible that it won’t be the magic bullet for you, but hopefully they’ll be tracking your results and you can at least be contributing to research going forward.
I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that it’s just a CEA flare.
And do get the gene tests done. Do a Kickstarter/Please help me out thing, if you have to, but get them done.
I would certainly be happy — grateful, even — to contribute to a Kickstarter or other fundraiser. I’ll bet I’m hardly alone.