Casey has responded very well to his Chemo treatment. He’s had some nausea and fatigue but overall he’s done much better than we expected. He rested for most of the weekend besides a few incidents where he was being stubborn and he’s been keeping up with his 6 bottles of water a day. He’ll have [...]
It’s official. Casey will have his one Chemotherapy treatment this Thursday at 1pm. The treatment will last for about two hours. He will most likely feel sick for two to three weeks while his body repairs itself. His blood counts will get low, and that’s where most of the symptoms will come from. He will [...]
Update on Pathology Results Dr. Atluri consulted with Harvard Medical School for a third opinion on Casey’s pathology results. The tumor was completely Seminoma! That means that he only has to have one 48 hour treatment of Carboplatin. We are beyond thankful to everyone who kept us in our their thoughts and prayers. The prayers [...]
So as you know we’ve been waiting for the past two weeks for our appointment with the urologist who was supposed to tell us more information about the RPLND surgery that I was supposed to have (instead of the chemo) to make sure there’s absolutely no cancer left my body. Well looks like I may [...]
I have to say that the worst part of this whole experience has been the waiting. We’ve waited to hear back from pathology reports, CT Scans, blood tests, analysis’s and waited for all kinds of appointments. Right now, we’re waiting to meet the new Urologist that would be performing the RPLND surgery on Casey if [...]