Back to Chemo

Yesterday, I got to go with mom and dad to mom's second appointment with Dr. Dickson. She has been on a hormone therapy pill and off of chemo for about two months now. The doctor did a CT scan, and could tell that the cancer was already growing again. Mom wasn't too suprised since she was starting to feel worse the last few weeks. However, we were all a little suprised and upset that the pill didn't work longer.

The doctor told us a few different Chemo options as far as which medicines to take. Initially the doctor wanted to put her on the same chemo she had before, but mom was a little hesitant because of what she had read about her previous medications. One of the drugs is quite controverial. So after an hour of weighing the pro's and con's we all felt good about Taxotere and Adriamyacin. It is given every 3 weeks, but he said it is a lot more potent than she is used to, so it could make her quite a bit more sick.

Mom was so excited that her hair was growing in again, it broke my heart to think of her losing her hair again. It also killed me to think of her being so sick again, but as I tried to hold back the tears in the doctors office, mom didn't show one sign of feeling sorry for herself. She remains hopeful and amazingly positive, and puts a lot of trust in the Lord. We have had a lot of great blessings with how mom responded to the chemo, and we hope that she has the same results with this next round of chemo. Thanks for all the prayers and support!

A new Doctor

So this is Angie and a while ago after a lot of thought my parents decided to switch doctors and go to Dr. Dixon in Rexburg. He is a great doctor, used to work at Huntsmans in Salt Lake and was really great to mom. He took a long time with them and asked them all about their life and discussed the cancer. We really feel good about the switch, he is really aggressive and gives us much more hope. He did another cat scan last week, and we should get the results today to see if she needs to go back on chemo or not. Thanks to everyone for being such a great support to mom!