Hi Deanna,
Your mother was an inspiration for me. I know that we used the same chemo and I know that it has worked on lots of people. I just finished my 2nd round last thursday and on the previous tues. when I stared that round, my doc said he would schedule a CT and expected to see significant results. Well also on Thursday I went to the radiologist and they did a simulation for the radiation. On Friday I called him and ask him to tell me how my tumor looked. I think I probably put him on the spot, but he said he had just looked at it and it was about the size of a fist. Well, I'm freaking out because it was originally 6.4 x 4.6 cm and I'm thinking that's not any smaller and certainly not significantly. I know this is crazy, but I'm running around trying to find rulers with cm on it and trying to figure out how big a fist is and ..... Well I'm not scheduled to see my onc again until April 29 for the 3rd round so I called, but he wasn't in the office today. The nurse said she would let him know, but she didn't think he would do a CT until after the 3rd round anyway and that he probably wouldn't change anything. That's not acceptable to me, so I'm hoping to hear from him tomorrow. As fast as this stuff grows, I sure don't want to wait that long. Thanks for your input and I hope things continue to go well for you and your mother.
Jenny