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Good News on the Cancer Research Front!

A new cancer gene has been identified, named POKEMON (someone has a sense of humor). For the complete story click here

Hair - Not the Musical

Well it has begun, I was looking in the mirror and noticed my shirt had hairs all over it. My facial hair is falling out in clumps. I knew it was coming, but it still sucks. From what my oncologist told me the adria will cause almost 100% hair loss. At least with the BEP I made it to the end without losing all of my eyebrows or eyelashes.

As my friend Will would say, I'll be looking like the guy from Powder soon.

MUGA Test - Another radioactive scan

Well, I had the MUGA heart test today. They do one of these whenever you start adria to make sure you don't have a heart condition. The adria can cause heart damage so they want to know if you have a pre-existing problem. Last year they had to test my lungs because the BEP chemo can damage your lungs.

The x-ray tech killed my arms trying to start the IV for the test. She said that my veins are scarred (no surprise from 4 rounds of BEP). When I got to work after the test, I noticed my left arm was bloody, the IV site bleed through the cotton ball.

Between all the CT scans, PET scan, and now the MUGA, it's a wonder I don't glow in the dark.