A Quiet Evening....
It's early evening and the girls are asleep. Martha's had her bath, Ava's just fed, and Danielle's also made her way to bed. She's been dealing with a lot of nausea since she had chemo on Monday...
Yes, it's Timothy, Danielle's husband, writing this post.
After we met with the oncology team at Sunnybrook there was about a week where we were waiting for another CT scan, bloodwork, an ECG - all of the stuff that needed to happen before they could tell us whether Danielle was in the trial. We went in on a Monday for all those appointments and we were told that it was then a matter for them to input our data into a computer, answer a few questions, and then the answer would come back as to whether we would be included in the study. Tuesday came and went and we learned on Wednesday: Danielle had been selected to participate in the study. Since it was an open study we knew that Danielle was receiving the experimental drug, a stem cell inhibitor in pill form that targets fast growing cancer cells. Danielle went with her friend to Sunnybrook on Friday to pick up the drugs and she took the first dose on that evening only to realize, we had been thinking so much about getting in the study we hadn't given too much thought to the side effects. We made an early getaway from our friend Helen's birthday party that evening on account of some severe GI distress.
We spent a very leisurely day at home on Saturday and were happy to spend some time with both our parents on Sunday, my folks having come home from Florida the day before.
Danielle went up to Sunnybrook again on Monday to receive her chemo, a different concoction than before, by the name of FOLFIRI. It's also got different side effects, some of which she's experiencing right now: fatigue, nausea, low appetite. Between the study drugs and the chemo she's not feeling very well these past few days, which I hate to see.
So it's back to the bi-weekly trips to the chemo suite, except now it's in Toronto. Next time Danielle goes we'll ask about whether she can get some relief from these symptoms, when she's actually on the chemo. I reminded her that she felt pretty lousy as well when she went back on chemo after having Ava - no great consolation, but they can likely do more so that next time it's not so rough.
Yes, it's Timothy, Danielle's husband, writing this post.
After we met with the oncology team at Sunnybrook there was about a week where we were waiting for another CT scan, bloodwork, an ECG - all of the stuff that needed to happen before they could tell us whether Danielle was in the trial. We went in on a Monday for all those appointments and we were told that it was then a matter for them to input our data into a computer, answer a few questions, and then the answer would come back as to whether we would be included in the study. Tuesday came and went and we learned on Wednesday: Danielle had been selected to participate in the study. Since it was an open study we knew that Danielle was receiving the experimental drug, a stem cell inhibitor in pill form that targets fast growing cancer cells. Danielle went with her friend to Sunnybrook on Friday to pick up the drugs and she took the first dose on that evening only to realize, we had been thinking so much about getting in the study we hadn't given too much thought to the side effects. We made an early getaway from our friend Helen's birthday party that evening on account of some severe GI distress.
We spent a very leisurely day at home on Saturday and were happy to spend some time with both our parents on Sunday, my folks having come home from Florida the day before.
Danielle went up to Sunnybrook again on Monday to receive her chemo, a different concoction than before, by the name of FOLFIRI. It's also got different side effects, some of which she's experiencing right now: fatigue, nausea, low appetite. Between the study drugs and the chemo she's not feeling very well these past few days, which I hate to see.
So it's back to the bi-weekly trips to the chemo suite, except now it's in Toronto. Next time Danielle goes we'll ask about whether she can get some relief from these symptoms, when she's actually on the chemo. I reminded her that she felt pretty lousy as well when she went back on chemo after having Ava - no great consolation, but they can likely do more so that next time it's not so rough.
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