Really? This is OSU right?

Today was frustrating. 2 weeks ago DR. O'Malley said we should meet with all of my immediate family to discuss further treatment options. So today my husband, mother, sister, brother, daughter (took off work) and I were there to meet with him and he was ON VACATION!!! Can you believe that? Gary & I were very upset.

We spoke with another doctor, nurse practitioner, and chemo nurses and EVERYONE was very embarrassed that it happened. According to all of them this will NOT happen again. I also discussed the fact that my CT's & MRI's are never on the chart when I get there and always give them my copy. And don't they ever call the pt with the results? Dr Lutman from Riverside used to call me THE NEXT DAY! WTH?! Somebody's dropping the ball here...a majorly BIG ball in my opinion!

Well, after discussion with Dr. Cohn today we decided to continue with the same chemo. Same because it is keeping it from growing. There are not many other chemo options. I am going to call MD Anderson in Texas and see what their thoughts are. I will also talk with Dr. O'Malley about his idea of surgery down the road...

Gary is concerned about my pain increasing slightly over the last 2 weeks. We discussed surgery to remove just my colon and have a colostomy placed since this seems to be where my pain is coming from. He said it was an option when I decided I wanted it.

Other news...my old port site on my right chest is not healing yet. Still packing the small hole with iodoform and I have a lot of drainage from it. I got the sutures out of the incision on Monday. Have steri strips covering it, so I hope it heals well!! The Avastin chemo prevents good wound healing. :(

So that's the scoop for the week... feeling a little better from my fall finally but still not quite as strong as I was pre-fall. I have a place on my right hand that won't heal also from the fall. Damn, I need to stay upright!!!!