Third Treatment

Today Ted had his 3rd Treatment. Second with the Cpt11 (chemo) As of right now the next treatment will be in two weeks. So a little break after another really long day. We saw the Doctor and his counts are good. Hematacrit was only slighty down from last week. 36.4 and his white blood count went up a little. (can't remember the number, sorry) Will probably go back down after this treatment.
What is CEA Level - These are proteins that the cancer gives off. They are harmless sorta speak. But they use these proteins as a tumor marker. It has been progressivly getting higher since last summer. January 24 it was at 51 and February 16th (first day of chemo) it was 58.4. This doesn't mean anything other than that them cancer is giving off this protein. 58.4 is our starting number. This test was taken on the first day of chemo before treatment. So the idea is that as the chemo dies, it won't be able to give off this protein and the number should go down. So I will give the number again but it will be about a month before they test him again and then it takes awhile to get the results back. Unfortunatly its Kinda like losing weight you don't want to weight yourself everyday. You want to wait to see the big numbers. Other then that, i'll leave the rest to Ted. He is resting now and just feeling kinda yucky. If you any qustions email me or ask them here. I'll reply here too. Love to all, Karen