If you want to beat her record, that's fine with me

Chemo #6

Something I've learned from chemo: "premeds" are just "meds" before they give you other "meds."

We are at the cancer center. The People's Court is on in the private room, though the clicking of the medicine administrator machine makes it hard to focus on high quality television. We are enjoying our sandwiches from the new shop around the corner and catching up on emails and text messages. And we are smiling.

Me lady in Cancer Center waiting room

Blood draw was a while ago, after which we met with the doc. He was upbeat, and unless something is unexpected from Liz's CT scan and echocardiogram 3 weeks from now, we'll just keep coming back every 3 weeks for her to get the antibodies (Herceptin and Perjeta). I asked him how long these treatments will continue to work. He gave the best response yet:

"I have a patient who has been on that treatment for 18 years. If you want to beat her record, that's fine with me."

That's not typical, but it's possible, and that's good enough for us. So we'll plan on kicking out the Taxotere after today, and she can get feeling better. It will take a while to feel back to "normal" but it's good news.

Go Team Liz.