We are reaching the two year mark on mom's diagnosis. She, by far, is the strongest most amazing woman I have ever met in my life. So here is an update that I have neglected to keep on top of.
One of my mom's favorite songs :)
This has been a struggle lately. Her body stopped responding to the Avastin, which is the King of chemo drugs for lung cancer. She did excellent on that drug for over a year, but her body built up an immunity to it. So we moved on to the next drug. Mom handled Avastin with hardly any side effects. Her hair grew back from the whole brain radiation. But then we had to change to the next step down cocktail of chemo drugs....side effects....not so great. She has lost her hair again and her blood count drops 8 days after every round (every 3 weeks) and she is open to any type of illness at that point. She has lost more weight. The tumor has slightly grown twice since the new chemo has started. The Dr. wanted to change her to doing chemo once a week but with these side effects, Mom doesn't believe that she can handle that dosage every week. Sleep is few and far between. But NONE of this stops her. Every Sunday she takes Madison shopping and still plays cards twice a week. SHE is amazing, SHE is a superhero, SHE is a true BEAST!! Even though I wish she would stop being so stubborn and let us help her more, she still is unbelievable.
In a few weeks she is taking a relaxing week trip to Daytona Beach to sit and relax on the beach with her best friend. A much needed trip in our opinion :) And we hope she has an amazing time!!
In the process of learning this for my mom's cd :)
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