Chemo Round 4

Really can things be going this good? Yes they can and they are! The past 2 weeks have been GREAT for Steve. After Steve's 3rd round of chemo he just kept saying to me, "I still feel good when you think it will hit me?" Well I am so excited to report he NEVER got sick this time around. What a great two weeks it has been! Last week he did shave his head, not completely bald but shorter to try and help with the shedding. But he still looks great and nobody can tell he is going through chemo still. YEAH! Today we met with Dr. Beck and things are going better than we ever imagined. Steve has gained 2 lbs. so he is about to his base weight and his blood work was OUTSTANDING....his labs were the same as they were prior to treatment! So based off how well he is doing we are moving forward and we will meet with the Radiation Oncologist next Wednesday and have a follow-up PET scan on October 3. Get this...if his PET scan comes back clean we will only have 2 more treatments of chemo! Yes that is right that means Steve would only have three months of chemo instead of the initial six mouths we thought he was going to have. If the scan comes back with drastic improvement from his first scan but not clean then he will have four more for a total of four months and if it is improving but not as fast as we are expecting then six, but she really feels good about things...which explains why we are meeting with the Radiation Oncologist next week. So please send lots of good thoughts and prayers that his scan is clean and we will have all of this behind us before THANKSGIVING!!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU everyone for all your support and prayers they are paying off!

Love,
The Wayman's

Chemo Round 3...

Yesterday after dropping the kids off to Grandma's so we could head to chemotherapy the first song that came on in the car was "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" by Martina McBride. Neither Steve nor I had ever heard this song before and it definitely touched home on what we are going through. This song is about a 38 year old lady who has 3 kids and was just diagnosed with cancer. Although they did catch it in time she has to face the struggles of treatment. In the end she does get through it with her husband’s support. WHOW is all I can say as we listened to it and then sat there and stared at one another. After Steve asked me if I was ever scared of what was going to happen. I replied of course I was before we knew what type of cancer he had. I was scared to death that if something ever happened to Steve that I would be ALONE without my husband and best friend. I would be raising two small children ALONE, and could I ever express to Logan and Cole how much their dad loves them and what an amazing man and father he was....hell yeah I was scared. But today that imagine doesn't even cross my mind because I know he will be cured and six months from now this will all be behind us and we will be back to our normal life. Then I asked Steve what about you and he replied, "There is not a doubt in my mind that I will beat this!" Well after meeting with Dr. Beck we have even more confidence that Steve will be CURED from this once we are all done. Here is a run-down of what we went over.... weight looks great no loss or gain, symptoms she is so impressed with how few side effects he is having. She stated she has some patient that come in and they have every side effect possible and the have quit their jobs because they are so sick and can't get out of bed...nope not Steve he even went and worked a 9 hour day today then played softball and won by 20 points. Steve told her he thought he would do better than he is doing because he hates how sick he feels for 3-4 days. She stated first you have always been a healthy person prior to all this so I think you have an expectation that you shouldn't feel sick at all but you need to remember you do have cancer and this is a very aggressive treatment to treat it and you are doing outstanding. Next we went back to have treatment and even when the nurse was talking to Steve and asking him how he was feeling she commented on how well he was doing because he was having such little side effects. She then took his blood to make sure his blood counts were all up so he could receive treatment and they were....actually they were better than chemo round 2! So the plan remains we will have Round 4 on September 21 then we will schedule another PET scan to see how things are moving along and to confirm how great he is doing.

Much Love!
The Wayman's

What a nice break!!!

Sorry I haven't updated since Steve's last treatment but I must say we were enjoying our break from doctor's appointments and treatment. Yes we finally got one whole week off from appointments since this whole thing started 8 weeks ago. Whow did that time go by fast because tomorrow we are back for round 3 of treatment and I must say Steve is definitely not thrilled about it at all. Overall Steve did fairly well again. He had his normal 3-4 days of feeling like he had the flu, a couple mouth sores and this time he scalp was a little tender. Overall Steve is staying strong working full time and playing softball twice a week which will help to keep him strong when he is nearing the end of his chemotherapy treatment.


Oh and I must say that Traditional Medicinal Organic Nighty Night tea has been a life saver. After 4 nights of NO sleep I bought this tea for Steve and he drinks it about 30 minutes before bed and he is out and usually only gets up once a night. I so did not want him taking a prescription to sleep.
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Hope you all enjoyed you Labor Day weekend and are doing well. I will post tomorrow after treatment if there is any new news otherwise I will post in a week.

Lots of love...

The Waymans