Avastin and ovarian cancer.

I was very disappointed to hear the FDAs finding on the use of Avastin for OC.  I have been on AVASTIN for 4 months and had a 5000 drop in my CA125.  Obviously it is doing somethng?!?!
They say that it shrinks tumors but does not increase time of life.  I don't get that.  The tumors affecting organs is what most OC patients die of.  Stop the tumor growth...it will not affect the organs.
They also say it only added about 14 months of life.  I will take it!

It is going to be interesting tomorrow when I see my oncologist to see if this means I cannot get a drug that is helping me.  Now that would stink!!

I want to

wish all my Journey With Teal friends a very blessed Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!
I will be spending the day with my family and forgetting that C word for a day!

CT and chemo next week....

Merry Christmas!!

I haven't Fallen off the Planet!

I just have been like most of you, busy getting ready for Christmas.  This is the first year since my diagnosis 5 years ago that I was able to do all my own decorating and shopping.  It took me a little longer than years past....but I did it!
The Avastin is really giving me the most normal of life I have had....and I am enjoying every moment of it!
Tuesday I will be in the chemo chair again....and then I will be wrapping those gifts.  Looking forward to another Christmas with my family and another year of LIFE!!

Merry Christmas!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

We are definately thankful for the blessings the Lord has given our family this year...with my generally good health being one of the biggest!

It has not been an easy year....many changes....but we have each other and the Lord.

I want to say Thank you to you, my blogging friends and prayer partners.  I hope you have a wonderful week getting ready for and enjoying Thanksgiving.  We will be celebrating with our family also!

Till next time.....Ceekay

Wow, Wow, WOW!

Do you have your cup of tea?  Sit down...this could take a minute.

I flew into Greenville on Wednesday.  I have been having some drippy nose issues, but thought it was just the cold, because, it is COLD here!  On Sunday I went to church and out to dinner.  On the way back to Ro's, I noticed a lump on the left side of my face by my ear.  I panicked.  Oh no, I cannot have a tumor there, I am on vacay, and I don't want to get stuck in a hospital.

I should mention before I go any further that my oncologist had told me that my scan shown stable. 

I immediately called my oncologist at HOME no less!  He said, there is no way he could imagine that it was a tumor because of my CA 125 count.  I said, I don't understand.  He told me that my last CA count was down 5000, points!  5000!  I absolutely could NOT believe it!  This is a miracle to me.  Obviously, the avastin is helping me.

Ok, so back to this lump.  He asked me where it was, what it felt like and he believed it was a plugged salivary gland.  He put me on an antibiotic, and it is all cleared up.  Whew!!  That took a few hairs off my hair I tell ya!

Anyways, we are praising the Lord for His goodness to me.  Rejoice in the Good Days!!

CT number - who knows??

I had my ct scan yesterday.  No  problems.  Will get the results next Tuesday.  Hopefully all will be stable.  I am getting ready for a trip...leaving the day after chemo.  Once again my husband will hold the fort down!!  I am feeling a bit stressed trying to get everything ready....my hubs always teases me...saying I act like I am going to the moon and can't get anything I might need!! 
I will try to post what the doctor said.....before I am gone for a while.

Enjoy your days!!

Tears for a Friend

A childhood friend is ending her battle with cancer.  It hurts my heart.  We wrote each other in the past year since her diagnosis...laughed, cried, encouraged each other.  She is the younger sister of a friend of mine from church growing up.  She has a lovely family, grown, grandchildren, a beloved teacher....and a zeal for life and Jesus. 
So many are praying for her and her family....telling of her testimony in their lives...

how I hope to be just a fraction of that in my battle.

Rest in the arms of Jesus my friend.