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"I Wanna New Drug"

Well maybe she didn't want it, but that is what she got. After reviewing the results of Mom's latest CT scan her Dr. changed her treatment. Moving forward she will now be administered the chemo drug GEMZAR. Gemzar will allow mom to continue her treatment and is expected to relieve her of the severe neuropathy the Taxol drug was causing. Gemzar is administered in a 21 day cycle meaning mom will have 2 treatments and then have 2 weeks off before she goes in for another cycle. Her Herceptin treatments will also decrease from every week to every 3 weeks.

The CT scan did yield good results. The tumors continue to shrink and mom's cancer marker number (markers that are found in the body when cancer is present) has gone down each time she has been tested. The more the cancer marker number goes down the better.

Of course Gemzar may present a whole new set of challenges and side effects but we will cross that bridge when we come to it and as always hope for the best!

"You Look Marvelous"

If anyone deserves a lazy day, its mom. The type of day where you don't get dressed and instead spend it laying in bed. Lord knows there are plenty of times after treatment when she feels that way, too achy and too tired to do much else. Yet everyday, regardless of how crappy she may feel, she carries on. Her house is always clean, dinner is always made and she always looks like a million bucks. EVERYDAY, without fail. Thanks mom, for being such a great example of strength, courage and grace in the face of adversity.