Good evening bloggers! We have just returned from a full day at Scripps..so we are a little fried tonight.First we did labs and they were fine...Then we met with Dr Torrey who went over the mri. The bad news is that the tumor did not shrink...but the good news is that it did not grow...and considering how fast it was growing  that is a step forward. She and I were both disappointed that it did not shrink.even a little..but she told me that sometimes hormone receptive tumors do not shrink and I should not loose any sleep over it. I started the Taxol today and that is especially aimed at the breast so there is some hope that that will shrink the tumor...We made an appointment with the surgeon and the plastic surgeon  for next month and I have an appointment with a cardiologist in two weeks who will give me another echo cartiagram and see if he can fine out what the unidentified object is in my heart.(he really thinks its nothing)
So now I am pumped full of  taxol and feel pretty good...Dr. Torry told me not to spend any time worrying that the tumor didn't shrink..as it is not that unusual..the main thing is that it did not grow...so here we go with the second phase....I don't think I will be so sick.
Tom started Physical therapy yesterday and he thinks it will help...He goes twice a week.for his arthritis and shoulder. to try and improve his range of motion.