Cycle 4, Day 1

January 9: Treatment went well today. I had a high enough white blood cell count to do the treatment. We met with the doctor and she had the results of the CT Scan from last Friday. The tumors are shrinking - some went down about 40% and another one about 50%. This was good news. It means the chemo treatment is working. Surgery still sounds like it will happen though. The tumors would have to shrink away to nothing and even then, she thinks because of the number of tumors that surgery would still be necessary. But she wants to consult with the surgeon after this cycle is over. So, after this cycle is completed (four more days of treatment plus 16 more recovering) on February 6th I go in for another tumor marker blood test, CT Scan, hearing test and consult with both the Oncologist and the Surgeon. At that time, they'll review the latest scan and markers and we'll talk about surgery.