I had my ct-scan a month after my 9th chemo.
The tumors have shrunk further but they are not completely gone.
I still could not get a note in my doctor's medical record of those precious 3 letters NED..."No evidence of disease." He is wondering if I am becoming resistant to my chemo drug but how can it be if the tumors are shrinking? He is not prescribing additional chemo treatment for the time being but wanted me to go on Megestrol Acetate (Megace) hormone therapy and added that I am going to get big since my appetite would increase.
December is Holiday season and I did not really feel on taking on a new therapy. I was comfortable with my chemo drug but this is new and I wanted a second opinion too. I know my doctor is really good but still a new treatment is a new and unfamiliar treatment and I want more or less additional information about it so I did talk with another OB-onco friend. She is the OB head in the hospital where my mother used to work a long time ago and would have been my doctor if she was covered by my HMO the first time I was diagnosed in 2011 but I felt really comfortable with my current doctor even back then that I did not think of switching anymore. Anyway, I just wanted a sort of family advice from another expert.
Hormone therapy is not really a treatment for ovarian CA but it is more of an adjunct therapy to improve my immune system and she did agree with my doctor. She was actually amazed at me... She said "Wow, stage 4 ovarian cancer with metastasis in the lungs since 2011, yet there I was!" (if I would continue the thought I would add... yup here I am still pretty! haha!)
So I finally bought my hormone yesterday and started taking it this morning. So it is not exactly treatment but I'll be good and take it till my next scheduled doctor's visit. There are still the prayers of so many people for me so I am still looking forward to good results. As always with God's grace.
