OK. I think we got some good news today. The CT scan showed that the cancer is stable and there has been very little build up of fluid, so we are going to give it another six weeks to see what happens. We will have another CT scan on March 25. In the meantime we will be dealing with the heart issue that has developed. I continue to have erratic heartbeat from time to time and it seems to be happening more frequently. A typical day I’ll range from 140 pulse rate (sometimes higher) down to 50 (sometimes lower). I don’t have a continuous monitor so these are random readings throughout the day. I can usually tell when something isn’t right and that’s when I’ll take a reading. The biggest problem with this is that when this condition occurs it interrupts my sleep. I go to sleep and in about five minutes wake up gasping for breath. So, I don’t know if this is AFIB, Apnea or something else. In any event, since we won’t be taking chemo it will be a good opportunity to try to get the heart thing under control. I have an appointment with my cardiologist next Tuesday. (I wanted it sooner but he is out of the office). Up to this point he has been reluctant to do anything since the cancer and chemo treatment had priority. Now I should be feeling good which will give me further opportunity to regain strength. The heart rate thing has limited my ability to exercise but I have made some progress. The doc says that when my heart rate is going up and down I should just lay low. As a result I can only exercise on those days when my heart isn’t acting up. All of this is an evolving process so I will keep you informed as things change.
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Well, poop. Hang in there. Love you, Mary
Hum... I thought, Yipee! It is great news that the cancer is stable and there is little fluid build up.
I wish your heart doc could see you sooner too - so that is the poop part - but now he can look at what is going on with the heart and not be confounded by the chemo and cancer. That is really a good thing.
Also, I assume your doc has suggested this, but it seems to me that you should go to your heart doc with as much info as possible. Keep a written record of the time that your heart feels weird and what the reading are. Also keep a record of the weather on that day, what you've eaten, etc. I say keep track of the weather because in my own asthma situation several years back, I discovered (by writing it down each time which was a pain) that I had problems on cloudy, moist days in Feb. and March. Before I wrote it down, I saw no pattern. Soooo.... for what it is worth, make a list of all the details you can accumulate, because your doc will ask and if you do not have the answers, you will just have to wait longer to find out what he thinks.
So, in conclusion, I say, "Yippeee!"
Love, Jeanine
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