Seems We've Been Here Before...

We returned to Tucson last weekend for a battery of tests and oncology appointments for Melinda and we have news. The results are mixed - the spot on her pancreas from a couple months ago that got zapped by radiation is gone and she is perfectly clear above her rib cage, but she's got new small sites in her abdomen that are associated with her retroperitoneal lymph nodes. So the battle continues at a new site - we knew that the small cell lung cancer can and will pop up in various locations. Rather than treat the multiple spots with radiation, we're going back to chemo, tentatively planned for four 3-week cycles. So we know what we're doing for the next 3 months!

 Interestingly, today was the 1 year anniversary of the x-rays that first revealed her cancer, and also today she got the first dose of carboplatin back at the UA Cancer Center. While it was nice to see our favorite oncology nurse for the first time in 6 months, we'd rather be celebrating a clean PET scan and contemplating some time away from treatments...