Nine is a Lucky Number

Round Nine of chemo today 06/24/08

• Gina had #9 of Taxotere, Carboplatem and Herceptin
• Also had Procrit so could have Herceptin
• Shot tomorrow at Dr Sipahi
• Scans set for 07/04 weekend then off to UCMC on 07/07 to see Dr Olpade to see what's next since not likely will keep having same chemo

Thanks for all for the support and PRAYERS! they definitely work.

New Update

Round Eight of Chemo on Tuesday.

• We saw Dr Olopade and Dr Peabody on May 19th, 2008
• Dr Peabody (bone doc) said all looks well - had X-ray on leg, calcification on hip, see him annually from now on and to stay on the Zometa ("super glue" for bones)
• Dr Olopade said should only have six of these chemo treatments; however, since all is going well, wants to do two more (unless Gina shows signs of nerve damage)
• Gina had more CT scans of pelvis & abdomen - all looked well
• Scans showed slight decrease in all tumors or stayed the same
• We saw Dr Nicholas (brain doc) who said all seemed fine with brain, vision still an issue but since brain tumor is located in area that controls all motor functions vision will be affected until tumor is gone
• Dr Nicholas said appears Ginas memory is getting better
• Tuseday is chemo again (treatment #8) with Zometa

(click here to learn how Zometa works: http://www.us.zometa.com/info/therapy/zometa_infusion.jsp)