LeAnn’s Blog

LeAnn had her first Taxol treatment today.  She went in at 10:45 am.  Melissa took her there (Thanks Melissa!!)  I have no more sick days left, so that has been very helpful.  Were still down to one car, so it makes it very difficult on us with all these dr’s appointments.

She saw the Dr and they [...]

How Taxol Works:

Cancerous tumors are characterized by cell division, which is no longer controlled as it is in normal tissue.   “Normal” cells stop dividing when they come into contact with like cells, a mechanism known as contact inhibition.  Cancerous cells lose this ability.  Cancer cells no longer have the normal checks and balances in place that [...]

It’s Thursday and I took her to the Emergency Room.  Lately she has had a lot more problems with her heart skipping beats and feeling funny.  About a month ago, due to her blood pressure being low, they halved her precription of Atenolol.  I believe this along with the Chemo has resulted in more issues with [...]

Sorry we haven’t been keeping up.  She just has been very fatigued lately.  Her 4th chemo of the 2 drugs was on Wed.  Neulasta shot on Thursday.  She will now start the Taxol for 12 weeks.  Those treatments are every week instead of the every other week before.  After that it’s radiation for 8 weeks.  We figure [...]

The second chemo treatment last Wed, on April 29th, really hit her hard.  It seemed she lost a lot of energy and everything was a chore to do.  On Friday, May 1st, she stayed home.  She was starting to have trouble with her back too.  Friday night, I took her out for a bit but she just [...]