What a month it’s been! We’ve gone from hand sanitizer and me not taking the kids to school, to not going anywhere other than the doctor’s office and wearing face masks whenever we leave the house. Even though the November – January period was very frustrating, I can’t imagine how much more frustrating and frightening it must be for those with cancer who are just now trying to figure things out and get started with treatment.
Jessica and I were both already working from home, and now of course the kids are home all the time too. They are doing remarkably well, making up games, listening to books on record (and books on pads), playing tabletop games with us, and even a little bit of school work. And yet, we are still a little stir crazy. And somehow tired even though we can sleep in and no longer have to wake up at 6:XX for school.
My health continues to improve, and I have the bloodwork to prove it. Here’s a graph of one of the tumor markers in my blood:
The normal CA 19-9 range in a healthy person is 0-37 units per milliliter. You can’t see the label on that top value, but it was 25,552.7 units per milliliter on January 28 and as of March 23 it was 303.8 units per milliliter. That is a significant change.
Round #8 of chemo starts next Tuesday.
Really Most Sincerely 