I was Chris' wife/caregiver & this is the medical blog I wrote during his treatment. Short history: dx in July 2010, no initial bone marrow involvement, did 5 rounds hyper-cvad protocol. Found out he is in relapse/refractory status with involvement in his chest, spleen, inguinal & throat lymph nodes, bone marrow, spine & brain in January 2011 when we went to MD Anderson for treatment. The two different rounds of chemo Chris got at MDA could not put him in remission; he died of leukemia/lymphoma on March 18th, 2011, an astonishing and horrific 8 months after his diagnosis.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

no chemo on Monday (vincristine day 11 of cycle 5)


Chris' oncologist is having him forego the outpatient low dose chemo he typically gets on day 11 of the odd numbered cycles.  This is so he can get to MD Anderson quicker.  I spoke with our contact at MD Anderson and let her know, she said we should know by tomorrow when we will need to be in Houston.  I'm guessing we will need to be there Monday morning.  
Chris was scheduled to get a shot to help boost his counts at the cancer center this morning but we are seeing if he can come in later today instead.  Neither of us slept much last night because he had nausea, severe stomach cramps, and diarrhea throughout the night.  He was puking this morning and does not have the energy to get dressed and get out of bed to go into the cancer center.  I'm waiting to hear back from them about what time we can go in later today.
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