Blood Test #22 & Chemo #22

Thank you so much for all your prayers and support!  My CEA number and my bilirubin numbers both went down!!

After my blood test, I had an appointment with my oncologist.   Even though my bilirubin had gone down, it is still on the high side.  Therefore, we decided to change my chemo from IRINOTecan (which get processed mostly by liver) to OXALiplatin  (which only 30% get processed by the liver).  

OXALiplatin affects more of the GI - prone to nausea, diaharea, mouth sores - and also, causes cold sensibility for the first week of chemo.  No ice cream 😓.  Please pray that I don't have these side affects as much as possible!

Other big news.

I'm going to Japan!!  I'll be skipping the next chemo and going for 2 weeks.  I do have another endoscopy before I leave, so please pray that would go very smoothly!!  I'm looking at tickets now!