I had the opportunity to talk to Mom's chemo dr. today. Unfortunatley all of the doctors I was hoping to meet with when I arrive tommorrow will be on vacation for the holiday weekend. Doesn't that figure!

The Chemo dr. beleives that she can not tolerate any more chemo. He said that her reaction to the chemo is rare (less than 1% he claimed). So they will have her finish her final 3 IMRT's once she is capable and then scan her in 6 weeks to see where they are at. I am hoping to convince my Mom to finish her imrts, recover then go the MD Anderson for further consult. I will see how receptive she is to that.

She has been nauseated/vomiting since friday with very little relief from all of the meds. Her pain is quite high (using Fentanyl patch and some meds through iv pump self dispesed). Her Peg tube is bleeding and having more problems. She has not tolerated food or liquid since being hospitalized. She has no voice left either.

Thanks to Brian and Gary I hit the chemo dr. with quite a few "educated" questions/scenarios. He did not seem to be comfortable with such direct questions and he did not have a lot of answers. Seemed to fumble quite a bit. Hopefully my requests will be met. I guess I will find out when I get there Thursday.

I am aprehensive to see my Mom in such a horrible state. The last time I saw her she was so healthy and vibrant. So I expect it to be hard...but non the less I am excited to see her.

I will check back when I arrive back into NY.

Thanks again everyone and have a nice holiday weekend!!
Tami