CANCER- i wish you were a person so i could kick your A**!!!!

Well, not good news! So she has Poorly Differentiated Sarcoma which looks like Ewing Sarcoma but its not ewing sarcoma. They believe that the cancer started in her uterus and then spread to all of the areas i mentioned before. The Doc said that her uterus has been entirely replaced by the tumor. It also looks like the cancer has spread to her liver and possibly to her bone marrow. These are two new areas that the cancer has spread to. It is a fast moving cancer so he feels that we need to get going on treatment before it spread to other areas even though it has spread since she was admitted. 

We still do not have the PET scan report back but we will meet with the doc tomorrow afternoon to hear those results. Her treatment is going to follow how Boston treats this and that is with chemo first and then radiation or surgery later. They are going to treat this sarcoma like ewing sarcoma even though it is not. Therefore, they are going to use the same kind of chemo cocktail. She is going to start chemo today for one day. And then in 3 weeks she will have more chemo that will last for 5 days. It is a 3 week cycle. They are going to give her the full dose in order to knock the cancer on its butt and then kill it. They are also going to give her medications in order to counter act the chemo affects on her body. The medications will help with the nausea. Some also side effects from the chemo are fatigue, skin rash, diarrhea, numbness in fingers and toes, hair loss, etc. After several months of chemo they will take a break from chemo and do radiation or surgery. After she picks one of those options they will go back to chemo, which will last for about a year. Damn, this is going to be a long road. But, after speaking to the Doc, she said that she was ready. 

Her platelet count is low- so they may have to give her some blood but they will do that whenever they need to. Also, her calcium is high which is making her loopy and having a hard time comprehending and having a problem keeping control of her arms.  

One thing that is great is her BRAIN looks excellent! yahh! Keep Mom in your thoughts! We need all the positive thinking we can get!!

Until i know more...LOVE Jess

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