Thursday, May 29, 2014

Bigger a bit

Had a medical appointment today and did a blood test, urine test and had an x-ray done.

Bloody tumor gone bigger. [sigh] Very sian liao.

Anyway, will still continue with the current medication for another month and see how la...

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Sojourn to Sg Petani

Was at Sg Petani last weekend to seek for blessings from our Blessed Mother Mary in the Chapel of Immaculate Conception. Some photos of the chapel, the hotel we stayed in Ipoh and the nice food we had.






Change in medication

Not good news. The @/$:):&-!. tumor has grown in size.

Cancer marker is now 300+. Hence the doctor advised to stop using the current drug, taxotere.

After exploring the alternative drugs available and their associated costs, the doc prescribed tarceva which is in pill form to be taken orally every day on an empty stomach.

Have been on it for about 2 weeks now. Good thing is that the drug targets and kills the cancer cells only and leaves the body cells intact.

Bad news are the side effects, which includes mouth ulcers, rashes and itchiness on certain parts of the body, diarrhea, appetite loss and splitting nails.

So far, diarrhea comes on and off and also a bit of mouth ulcers and a bit of rashes have appeared [touch wood].