Going Back to Gleevec

I had some not so great news this last week and yesterday.  We had a Cat Scan last week that revealed a PE (pulmonary embolism - blood clot) and yesterday we met with Dr Wallen to find that my lung mets were slightly larger, I have additional stomach tumors and my original tumor was a little bigger.

So now I'm taking anti coagulants (Cummaden) to dissolve the clot and Dr Wallen suggested I restart my Gleevec as my cancer may have resensitized to it since last summer.  So while it's not good, it could be much worse.  We still didn't feel the time was ripe for the chemo pill, and that's pretty much all we have left, so I know I have more time than I might.

If you know the old song "Going Back to Cali", (LL Cool J), you'll appreciate how that title flows better than Going Back to Imatinib... Fortunately I still have just under 3 mos supply left groom my last use.  It will be a bit tough to rebudget in the cost of more Gleevec, but we'll figure it out.  If I have to sell some gear, well that might happen, but I can likely save the $420/month for 3 months and so forth.

Still hanging in, and fighting to be around for a longer while than I might.  Thanks for the support, it means a lot!