How does Dr. Marcoux do this? Day in and day out? It can't be easy, telling someone the tumor grew back to almost its original size. Not quite but close. In 3 months! How is that possible? Mom has been gaining weight and maybe her pain has increased since her last treatment. And maybe she's been coughing again in the last couple of days but.....have we been in denial and naive in thinking the cancer is gone?
So the options are the traditional chemo treatment - this time "irinotecan" to be administer once a week for 3 weeks. take a week off and then start the process all over again. Or a clinical trial where the chemo is in a pill form to be taken once a day. Mom opted for the traditional chemo as she isn't that comfortable trying the clinical trial.
I watched my mom's face when the Dr. delivered the news and for a mini-second I thought I saw a crack in her usual stoic face. Disappointment and sadness all rolled up in one look but she quickly put on a brave face. For me and my dad. My heart dropped and I can feel the tears coming. But I held back cos I can't make my mom feel bad. I also couldn't face my dad as I can only imagine what he's feeling. This fucking sucks!!
Dr. Marcoux said she needs to start chemo right away as he is worried the tumor may be the cause for her coughing and may interfere with her breathing again. So we scheduled it for next Tuesday.
This is mom and dad while I was scheduling her chemo treatments. I'm sorry but this picture paints the mood we were all in after hearing the news.
So the options are the traditional chemo treatment - this time "irinotecan" to be administer once a week for 3 weeks. take a week off and then start the process all over again. Or a clinical trial where the chemo is in a pill form to be taken once a day. Mom opted for the traditional chemo as she isn't that comfortable trying the clinical trial.
I watched my mom's face when the Dr. delivered the news and for a mini-second I thought I saw a crack in her usual stoic face. Disappointment and sadness all rolled up in one look but she quickly put on a brave face. For me and my dad. My heart dropped and I can feel the tears coming. But I held back cos I can't make my mom feel bad. I also couldn't face my dad as I can only imagine what he's feeling. This fucking sucks!!
Dr. Marcoux said she needs to start chemo right away as he is worried the tumor may be the cause for her coughing and may interfere with her breathing again. So we scheduled it for next Tuesday.
This is mom and dad while I was scheduling her chemo treatments. I'm sorry but this picture paints the mood we were all in after hearing the news.
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