Cycle 5 of chemo completed

Jen was finally able to begin a chemo cycle on schedule.  She is on a very low dose, but it seems as if we have finally zeroed in on a dose that her platelets will tolerate.  She finished her 5th cycle last Thursday.  Even though this dose was very low, Jen had a pretty rough go with it this last week in terms of physically tolerating the chemo (We won't know how her platelets have responded for about another week or two).  She slept a lot and had a lot of nausea and stomach discomfort.  Today, is the first day that she seems to be feeling better.  I have included an updated graph to reflect her chemo cycles through the present.  You can see that her 4th cycle has definitely had a better response curve.  Her 5th cycle that she just completed was at the same dosing as her 4th and will hopefully continue to be tolerated.

The numbers on the left of the graph are Jen's platelet levels

 

 



Jen's next MRI will be May 11th.  In the meantime, my parents and brother are coming to LA to visit for about a week.  We both very much look forward to seeing and spending time with them.  Will keep you updated.