I had a visit with Dr. Bonomi, CAT scan and maintenance chemotherapy on Monday, August 18. Everything seems to be going along just fine. The CAT scan was not significantly different from the prior one. Some lesions may have shrunk a little, some lymph nodes may have grown a little, but nothing the doctors are giving much attention or concern to. The blood work looked good and even my red and white blood cell counts were in normal range.
Dr. Bonomi is very comfortable with my progress and glad to see I am back to my old self in activity, awareness and cognition. I'm not having any pain or discomfort. We will continue following the current treatment of high dose Tarceva once a week for the brain and maintenance chemo once every 3 weeks for the lung.
I continue to reduce the steroid dosage and if all goes well, will be off them entirely after this Friday.
The next appointment is September 8. I will have an MRI with contrast to see how the brain is doing - hopefully the Tarceva is doing its job once again! All outward appearances seem to indicate that it is. I'll take it! :)
