Round Ten of Chemotherapy - Incredible

Gina at Dr. Sipahi office today for tenth round of Chemotherapy!

• Gina had Procrit and Zometa both today.
• All three types of chemo - Taxotere, Carboplaten and Herceptin
• Very hard this time - but we all know what a strong minded person she is and that she will rise above it all and kick this cancer out of her system!
• I Thank GOD and all of you for the support, e--mails, Blog posts, phone calls and friendly "Hello's" when we see you out and about.
• The shot is tomorrow and then Rest, rest, rest for Gina.

Keep you all posted on this site! Thanks again for all of your love and support!

Gina's Results from Latest Scans

Trip to Chicago to see Dr. Olopade

• We saw Dr. Olopade on Monday, July 7th, 2008
• After reviewing the latest scans from 07/03, Dr. Olopade said that the T-C-H (Taxotere, Carboplatem and Herceptin chemo therapy) was doing a good job of shrinking the tumors.
• Dr. Olopade said that Gina is her "miracle girl" - as no one else has had more than six chemotherapy treatments with the T-C-H combo because it leads to nerve damage.
• Gina did Round #10 of the T-C-H chemo so Dr. Olopade is going to use her records as an example to the other doctors at the hospital.
• Gina has been having some numbness (or tingly feeling) in her fingers on and off and sometimes in her toes.
• Keep the prayers coming and say a special prayer for Gina's recovery as each new chemo treatment gets harder and harder for her to recover from. (I love her and would do anything to keep her from feeling any more pain or discomfort!)
• The GOOD News is that the tumors in the lung, both kidneys and liver have shrunk as well as no change to the brain (still unchanged in size and shape since shrinking @ 75% from the Gamma Knife surgery!
• Dr. Olopade said will try two more T-C-H chemo treatments and then change the regimen to something different (probably keep the Herceptin going though since it works so well!)

See the How Herceptin works video link on left side of this website to see how it works on cancer cells!