Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Whoa! Little late on this post! Benedryl is a great sleep aid for me! I always get a dose of it before I get the Erbitux and yesterday it put me out!

We got a call from the Littleton office while at the Parker office that they were having computer issues and would not be able to do my x-rays on Wednesday, so they will do them first on Thursday and then do the first Radiation Therapy afterwards.

All went fine at Dr. Reznick's, Earl has grown a bit but that is because we haven't started the RT yet. Erbitux alone as a regiment will not shrink or make the cancer go away and has to be used in conjunction with radiation therapy. My blood looks good in all areas and the only affects that I am having from the Erbitux is the acne rash, and that I have real good!!! Good enough that the doc has got me on Tetracyline to hopefully help clean it up and an over the counter but behind the counter lotion called AmLactin for the dry skin. The lotion is a good thing, my forehead is so dry that it make it look like I have a bad case of dandruff.

Because we had to shuffle thing around for the x-rays, we had an hour break between the Erbitux and the doc so we ate lunch at the hospital. Parker Adventist is a nice facility and the food and prices at the cafeteria were both good. I don't like all the growth we've experienced but it is nice to not have to spend an hour one way to get to the hospital.