Jan 24 office visit

Office visit yesterday.
As expected we did not find out much on the office visit yesterday. They asked me about my pain situation to which I was able to respond positively that it had improved over the last 2 weeks.
They asked me how I had been sleeping, and that was another story. I have not been sleeping really at all between 10 pm and 5 am. Also my apatite is at a all time low. They suggested that I get back on the Remeron medicine which is an anti-depression medicine that helps with sleep. It also helps with apatite, which I did not know until yesterday.
So I will be going back on that.
They told me that the experimental drug trial would be starting in about 3 weeks, but that was not definite. Since we have been letting the tumors run their course for some time everyone was concerned about waiting that long, because we could get to that 3 week point and then it could be delayed another few weeks and so on.
So they want to do a CT scan in the next 15 days and see how things are developing. If the tumors are showing increased growth since December 4th (last scan) they may not wait to do the trial and put me right away on standard infusion chemo treatment.
That of course means all the standard famous chemo side effects that go along with it. Like vomiting, fatigue, and hair loss. Of course I want to steer clear of these treatments if possible. But the Dr. says that it does not have to get any worse for us to consider these, that it is bad enough as is. If the trial does not get worked out soon, I will have to go on these treatments.
That is all for the new news from the meeting.
Talk to you later,
Greg