- Location
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Thank you everyone for all the kind words and support. It means a lot to me.
As little bit of good news with my treatments. A while ago, our oncology department sent me over to a liver specialist because I developed a blood clot just above my liver (it was small and already dissolving). They put me on blood thinners first then on this blood pressure pill to stop some minor internal bleeding that occasionally occurred (both a common side effect of the chemo I'm on).
My main problem with my chemo treatments is that my platelets are notoriously low and the treatments were knocking them down further - so although I was supposed to be getting chemo every two weeks, I was lucky to get it every four weeks because of my low platelets.
Well, all of a sudden, my platelets were rebounding fast enough to get chemo every two weeks. I've now had 9 in a row every two weeks and from my latest CT scan the cancer spots are either receding or at least not growing.
I've got my doctors stumped but I'm convinced the blood pressure pill has something to do with it. I brought this up to the liver doctor and her response was that there was no science or research but that doesn't mean it's not responsible for my platelets to rebound fast enough to get regular treatments.
Anyway, just a minor update. We are continuing with the retirement plan, just not sure how fast it will all happen and in what form.
I will keep everyone posted.
Cheers,
John.
As little bit of good news with my treatments. A while ago, our oncology department sent me over to a liver specialist because I developed a blood clot just above my liver (it was small and already dissolving). They put me on blood thinners first then on this blood pressure pill to stop some minor internal bleeding that occasionally occurred (both a common side effect of the chemo I'm on).
My main problem with my chemo treatments is that my platelets are notoriously low and the treatments were knocking them down further - so although I was supposed to be getting chemo every two weeks, I was lucky to get it every four weeks because of my low platelets.
Well, all of a sudden, my platelets were rebounding fast enough to get chemo every two weeks. I've now had 9 in a row every two weeks and from my latest CT scan the cancer spots are either receding or at least not growing.
I've got my doctors stumped but I'm convinced the blood pressure pill has something to do with it. I brought this up to the liver doctor and her response was that there was no science or research but that doesn't mean it's not responsible for my platelets to rebound fast enough to get regular treatments.
Anyway, just a minor update. We are continuing with the retirement plan, just not sure how fast it will all happen and in what form.
I will keep everyone posted.
Cheers,
John.
