I saw my radiation doctor last week. After looking at prior tests and charts, they decided to reduce my total treatments from 31 to 28 days. So, this past Monday (8/30) was my last day for those treatments!
Saw my chemo doctor this week. They decided NOT to continue my chemo pills for 3-4 weeks which was different than originally planned last week. This was based on looking at my recent blood work and noting I had several "incidents" of side effects during my overall chemo treatments.
Since my type of liver cancer was not common, they really didn't have a good basis that continuing (or not continuing) the chemo pills would be a substantial benefit for me. Mainly they didn't want me to have the potential to build up a so-called "immunity" to the chemo pills ... say for example if I needed to have this same type treatment in the future. So in a nutshell, I've completed the chemo portion of my treatments, too!
However, my recent blood work this week noted one liver function test (BILIRUBIN) as being rather high. The doctor was a little concerned and wanted me to come back in 3 weeks for an additional blood test. Not sure what that may indicate, but it's certainly not as involved as my total liver cancer / treatments were. I've been poked, prodded, stuck, and jabbed in the last 3 months that whatever they have to do for this shouldn't be a big thing as far as I'm concerned!!!!
