Category Archives: Chemo

(CA) 19-9 – A type of tumor marker. Dec 23 – 4583 U/mL Jan 14 – 12111 U/mL Jan 28 – 25552 U/mL Feb 11 – 8523 U/mL Feb 25 – 2687 U/mL Conclusion: I’m responding well to the treatment at this time! After four rounds of treatment, we are seeing a pattern in how theseContinue reading “Chemo: Round 4”

ROUND 1 – 14 January 2020 The chemotherapy treatment began in full force with the FOLFIRINOX branded combination of drugs: folinic acid (also called leucovorin, calcium folinate or FA) fluorouracil (also called 5FU) irinotecan oxaliplatin Considering the advanced and widespread state of my disease, the oncologist felt it was necessary to use this very aggressiveContinue reading “Chemo: Rounds 1-3”