Continuing Treatment

This week I had my scans at the QEH Adeaide. Understandably I was nervous; I am all the time but the scans were good; my Oncologist said my liver looks better and does every time I have a scan - it's less fatty and clearer but another tiny cancer has popped up with the rest. My heart sank a little but the doc said it might have been there before and not picked up because my liver was fatty. The Xeloda chemo tablets are not working as good as they were in the beginning and the tumor markers have increased over a couple of months and I'm going to start a new chemo trial tablet Everolimus in two weeks. No more scans until the doc sees how I'm going with the new ones. There are other options out there for me and intravenous chemo is one of them but I said that can wait until after the wedding in October if the new tablets don't work.

After the appointment I began to get depressed. I always do after the appointments. It feels like there is no targeted treatment for my cancers and I have to keep trying different meds, diet and methods to battle them plus my liver is super clean and clear to see but why hasn't that affected my cancers? It's a never ending battle. I know I'm not the only one with problems but I need to vent.