As for me, I was released from the hospital on Tuesday, April 23rd. I was home for a week. This gave me time to visit family and friends. Mentally, I also needed those six days to regroup and rejuvenate!
I returned to the James Cancer Center this past Tuesday. The medical team decided on a new treatment called "high-dose Methotrexate." This is a 2-hour chemotherapy treatment. Methotrexate helps stop the growth of cancer cells. I will stay at the hospital until the medicine is cleared through my kidney. Methotrexate is pretty toxic so they monitor me closely until it is completely out of my body. This could take 4-5 days or more. Once the medicine clears, I will go home :)
I finally met with the doctor that is head of my case, Doctor Robert Baiocchi. He shared my future treatment plan. When I return (date pending), I will get a PET scan and a MRI of the head. If the scans look as though the chemotherapy treatments are working, I will undergo one more treatment (the 5 day treatment--IVAC) and then meet with the bone marrow team, for planning the transplant. Thanks for checking-in!
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