Another Personal Update and Changing Plans

[jimhines]

We’d been hoping to be done with chemo and moving toward a bone marrow transplant for my wife. Unfortunately, the scan eight days ago showed several masses in my wife’s abdomen. So we’ve spend most of the past week in the hospital, where they worked on pain management, hit the cancer with radiation, and began a new chemotherapy regimen.

Chemo will continue for approximately two months. This type of chemo attacks the cancer differently, so the hope is that while the cells may have developed some resistance to the prior chemo, this new type will wipe them out.

If all goes well, the doctors are talking about maybe using CAR T-cell therapy after chemo. Ideally, we’re hoping this would be the new “finishing move” against the cancer.

It’s been a difficult and scary week. I’m so grateful to friends and family who’ve been helping out and providing so much support while we try to cope with everything. We were able to get Amy out of the hospital yesterday afternoon, which is good. Now … now we’re back to waiting and hoping.

I don’t know how active or responsive I’ll be online. I hope the next one of these updates comes with better news.

Comments

[swan_tower]

I'm so sorry. Fingers crossed for better results this time.

[rosefox]

Sending best wishes for complete healing.

[green_knight]

Just wanted to wish you all the best. Fingers crossed.

[celli]

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[pameladean]

Oh, it's so hard to think there's a plan and have it be derailed. And you must all be so tired of chemo. Very best wishes for complete efficacy of the new kind.

P.

[martianmooncrab]

fingers crossed, and that the new treatment is as advertised.

[laurenthemself]

Sending you bunches of love.