Monday Cathy and I met with the plastic surgeon. He's pleased with her mending process so now, instead of Monday and Thursday apppointments, we've now moved to appointments every other Monday [for now, at least].
Wednesday mid afternoon we met with the oncologist and his staff. Cathy is scheduled to begin her chemotherapy on 11/4 with a combination of Cytoxan and Andriamycin ["heart toxic"]. Due to her stage 3c "triple negative" diagnosis, Cathy's care is referred to as "dose dense". Not only are the meds "aggressive" in nature, the frequency is every other week for four treatments, followed by a second medication [Taxol] for four more treatments, instead of "normal" chemo once every three weeks for six treatments.
Friday morning brought a minor "procedure" to install her medi-port below her right collarbone to facilitate easy hook up for her chemo.
Cathy has bounced back very well [continued dull pain at incision sites] from the original surgery and was out for dinner with friends and me on Friday night after her surgery in the morning. However we are very wary about the future with 8 doses of chemo, followed by radiation therapy. As a result, I'm concerned we'll likely not see the effervescent Cathy we all know and love so well for 4 - 6 months.
The week ahead appears to be relatively light with all of Cathy's current engagements occuring on Monday, 10/27: MUGA test in the morning [to begin a baseline of her heart function as they'll monitor it throughout threatment] and chemotherapy "education" at Delnor Hospital in the afternoon.
Thank you once again for being Christ's arms, feet and heart to us in such a tangible way as well as taking our cares, concerns and needs before the Lord's throne of grace in prayer.
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