It's been awhile since I added to the blog - it's been a hectic month! Nancy went to the Moffitt Cancer Research Center Clinic and got a young oriental girl as her doctor, Dr Han. She is wonderful! And the Moffitt is a fantastic place for cancer treatment! They moved swiftly to get all the necessary scans and basic health tests done in less than a week and Nancy had her first chemo on 2/27. One of the things we love about the Moffitt staff is that they take time to make sure you know what they are doing and why and never make you feel rushed. Her doctor and chief nurse are readily accessible - we can call any tie and talk tot hem. We alos have a 24/7 contact number that will get us a oncologist at any time if something is not going right. They are also always cheery and polite and make sure you are comfortable as well as getting what is medically required.

Nancy seems to be handling the side effects of the cehmo quite well. She gets tired and has a bit of nausea now and then, but mostly she is able to keep up a normal lifestyle at home. The best news is that the chemo is visibly working - there is already a noticeable improvement. The redness on the breast has disappeared, the swelling has gone down, the pain has mostly receded and the tumor is no longer rapidly expanding. Might even be smaller!

This Friday (3/20) we go for the second chemo treatment. There will be 2-6 total, each three weeks apart. They will test periodically to see how much progress is being made. When the chemo is done there will be a recovery period to let her immune system reestablish itself, followed by a mastectomy and then possibly radiation or more chemo if needed to assure the cancer is 100% eradicated.