May 23, 2024 | Jan's Blog |
I often think I need to have something new to say to justify writing a blog. Maybe the fact that I am still thriving when I am “supposed to be” dead is news enough. The big event in the past month is that my first husband, father of my son, died suddenly...
Apr 2, 2024 | Jan's Blog |
When I saw my oncologist on July 5, 2023, she told me that things were changing. Based on my PET scan and cancer markers (CA27.29), she thought I had less than 6 months to live. She referred me to a palliative care doctor. She would have referred me to Hospice, but I...
Jan 18, 2024 | Jan's Blog |
It’s been four months since I’ve written in my blog. I’m hesitant to write because the metaphor of the roller coaster continues. It depends on when I write whether we’re going up or down. If you just look at the cancer marker numbers (CA27.29), the last blood test was...
Sep 10, 2023 | Jan's Blog |
Thank you to the many who expressed concern and offered prayers after my last blog post. I have continued on the protocol I described in that blog with some minor tweaks. I have stopped taking Ibrance. After three weeks on the new protocol from Dr. Bricca, my cancer...
Jul 26, 2023 | Jan's Blog |
I’ve been on a roller coaster with my cancer-marker numbers since taking Ibrance (see last blog). At first it seemed to be addressing the cancer and the numbers went down. Then they went back up again, and then down again. The last two months my CA27.29 has gone up to...
Oct 25, 2022 | Jan's Blog |
When my PET scan in May, 2022 indicated cancer was progressing in my lungs and was also in my liver (for the first time), I knew I needed to do something different if I wanted to live longer. I had been on a waiting list for several months to see Mark Bricca, ND. I...
