5th cycle

5 February 2009, Thursday

Yesterday I went to NCC to review my blood test result and started my 5th chemo cycle. The turmor marker has dropped from 319 to 247 and one of the liver indicators has also dropped to normal range. Hooray! Looks like the new drug is working, with the combination of faith I have in the religion and the Chinese medicine works wonder. And of course, I must thank all my friends who have been praying for me.

The doctor told me that likely I will go all the way to complete 8 cycles and then do a PET scan again after the 8th cycle. He also shared with me that majority of the patients cannot sustain beyond 5 cycles. I am really pleased to hear that news and will press on. Half the battle won and half more to go.