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Karen’s still sick, and the contractors are still in the house. The repairs are coming along nicely though. Fortunately, Karen is feeling a little better today. She’s still sick, but seems on the mend. I suspect she’ll need to hold off on doing anything around people for about a week yet. Although she’s sick, it…

Thanksgiving is over and our home is back to normal, temporarily. It looks like Karen picked up a cold or something, as she has a sore throat and is feeling miserable. The Clinic did not postpone treatment yesterday, as her blood counts were still good. We’re having some work done in the house today and…

The holidays are approaching quickly, and this year seems more stressful than in the past. The spring/summer projects around the house progressed, but many are still unfinished. Karen has been struggling with a cough, fatigue, and is having some pain in her abdomen again. The pain is the same as she had when first diagnosed….

Karen had the third dose of Opdivo earlier this week and some of the effects seem to be accumulative. She’s sleeping more, and generally more fatigued. There are a lot of things in and around the house that she’s like to do before the holidays, and sometimes the desire to take up those tasks exceeds…

The second dose of the immunotherapy meds went pretty much like the first, so although Karen is still pretty fatigued, she’s at least not experiencing the side effects like the chemotherapy. We spent the weekend with some friends and did a few things out of the norm. One of them was a trip to the…

Hello everybody, The last week and a half has been relatively uneventful, as far as side effects go. For the most part, Karen didn’t dip below her baseline of tired/icky, and she was up and around quite a bit. Over the last week we’ve done quite a bit of yard work, started building a firewood…

The good news of the week is that Karen had her treatment Monday, and hasn’t experienced any side effects yet. That’s a huge relief. The doc said that few people experience sickness with this type of immunotherapy drug, but we were still apprehensive. I don’t really have much more to share right now, but know…

We finally have some news about the next medication. Also, our blog hosting company (Godaddy) fixed some problems with the blog that kept people from being able to comment or send mail. Sorry if you were having troubles! Karen’s doc at the Clinic managed to get insurance to approve Opdivo, which is an immunotherapy medication…

Hi all, I wanted to send a quick note to let you know we are still waiting on a decision about the next treatment options. Karen’s doc is trying to get Karen on an immunotherapy med even though it’s not approved for her type of cancer yet. He’s trying to convince insurance, and if that…

Karen’s been feeling icky since last week, but is on the mend. She’s not had a fever, so there isn’t a big concern. It’s just draining her already dwindled energy. Fortunately, she’s on the mend. She’s still exhausted, and has a bit of a cough, but the worst of it seems over. She’s feeling better just…