End of January Update

Dad had an appointment with Dr. Huang today and we got some good news... From the last MRI that Dad had, it looks like the tumor has lost some of the blood flow! Hopefully this means the Disulfrum is working and slowly killing the tumor. He has also gained three pounds and hopefully he will keep that weight on and not loose any with the next round of chemo.

They decided to lower his chemo from 400 mg down to 360 mg since the last round kicked his butt so bad.

He'll have another MRI on the 23rd of February. They're trying to get his MRI schedule worked out so that he has one every two months, at the end of a chemo round. The clinical trial needs MRI's every so often and the oncologists want MRI's as well and getting them on the same schedule has been a little tricky.

Finished with Round Two of Chemo!

The second round of chemotherapy tried kicking Dad's butt a little bit. Once he finished, he was very tired and didn't want to eat much. There was a few days that he laid in bed or slept the whole day and even had to use the wheelchair to get around the house. We also cancelled physical therapy for this week because he was so tired.

He's starting to have a little more energy and appetite, he walked a few laps around the couches yesterday evening and ate a small meal of pizza and salad. Hopefully he continues to improve and his body won't have such a harsh reaction to the next round of chemo, which will start the end of January.