Patient Page for

Jeanne McGill O'Haver

Welcome to the Patient Web Page. It is here to keep people updated as to what's going on with us at any given time, particularly as it relates to my cancer.

Even though I found Caring Bridge and set up this site AFTER the very worst of all our ordeals, I did my best to collect and copy the [very few] journal entries I had made. They were kept here and there in different places; finally got them all together and set out to fill in the blanks so that the entries here make some kind of sense. It does start when I was first diagnosed, and we did our best to fill in the blanks and add to it periodically to try to keep it somewhat up to date.

We still deal with this every day because the surgeries have changed me so much in so many ways. It's my prayer that in some small way, my story, and how God has done miraculous things in my life, can help others. God is so good!

Journal

Saturday, February 7, 2009 2:14 AM CST

Just posted my update from last week--sorry to be so late on these things. Haven't been online too much lately.

Finished my first week of Xeloda last Sunday. Usually, a patient takes two doses per day for two weeks, then has a week off. Probably because I have a history of having bad reactions to medications, they started me off with one week on and one week off. I finished my first week last Sunday, and we're just now ending my week off. I'll go back on again on Greg's birthday, Monday, February 9th. I go back to the oncologist (Kathy Miller) on the 18th, so we'll see what she says at that point. There are many side effects to watch out for and try to guard against, and this medication is accumulative, so although I did really well the first week, as time goes on, I will probably feel worse and worse. But this med does a good job and is my best hope, so it's what I need to do.

I continue to try to get in two Beam Ray treatments a day; at least one if not. Besides the regular cancer protocol, I'm alternating several different bone treatments with liver treatments as well as pain. So I really need to do two to get in all the different programs I'd like to run each day.

I'll try to do better at keeping this site up to date. THANK YOU SO MUCH for the prayers, and don't forget to visit the prayer chain site; to view, visit http://thewwpc.blogspot.com, and to send your requests or praises, use the email address wwpc.mail@blogger.com.

love, Jeanne

Hospital Information:

IU Cancer Center, Indiana Cancer Pavilion
535 Barnhill Drive (IUPUI Campus)
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
317 274 5000

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E-mail Author: jeanne@crossoverroad.com

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