Wow ME... I'm sorry to read all this, what a roller coaster ride. Your positive attitude is amazing! I hope your scan reveals what's currently going on - it's always better to know, so a treatment plan can be formulated. Despite all the research, we still know so little about cancer. Why it can be c...

Hello SilverWedding, I don't think that there's an obvious way to diagnose neutropenia beside a blood test. DH didn't feel any different this time than last time, yet his neutrophils had decreased substantially... Nausea and fatigue are to be expected with radiation. And unfortunately, the only real...

Welcome, ME. It looks like you've already been through a lot... DH is on Folfiri after failed Xelox, so far so good, maybe that would also be good for you?
XXX
Claudine

Ouch!! That sounds painful. When DH was on XELOX anything not warm felt like swallowing glass shards. Among the weird "electric shock" symptoms he experienced: Lhermitte Sign. He would bend his head and an electric shock would shoot all the way down to his calves! Because of his vertebrae ...

We were kinda upset to hear this morning that DH would get his 9th Folfiri treatment postponed by a week because of neutropenia. But then I found this article: https://medivizor.com/blog/SampleLibrary/colorectal-cancer/does-chemotherapy-induced-neutropenia-improve-survival-in-metastatic-colorectal-c...

DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hubby and I dream of going to Asia together (he's been, I haven't). We kept postponing because of this and that... Next "clear" window we're going!

Bats just for you Maggie!

Very powerful post, PainInTheAss. Thank you...

Good call Sinewaves! I hope you don't need the port, but if you do, it really is no big deal.

Claudine

... And more (happy) seals...

Peanut8 your puppy is adorable!!!
Here are a few curious penguins, checking on hubby.

I am really sorry that you're going through this rough patch, Brokenwings. What a roller coaster ride this effin' disease is... I understand your disappointment, but hopefully it's just a temporary setback? The chemo appears to be working - in the sense that your tumors are shrinking. We're in the s...

Unfortunately I do not have any suggestions, but that seems so unfair (not that anything is ever "fair" with this damn disease): on one side the treatment makes you lose the hair you'd like to keep, on the other it makes some unwanted hair grow! Reminds me of grass in the backyard - always...

Maybe also a few giant jellyfish... This one was several feet across!

Like others above I wonder if that's caused by Avastin? Hopefully nothing *too* serious!
XXX Claudine