First chemotherapy for this year

Today (5/3/9), mama has completed her first chemotherapy for this year. She was in a very bad mood these few days due to her low blood Calcium level. For this reason, she could not have her scheduled Pami treatment. As a result, doctors decided to change the sequence, that is, moved up her scheduled chemo treatment since, her white blood cell level was ok. So far, she's fine. She has not shown many side effects. After 2 days, the doctors will check her Calcium level again to decide whether the Pami treatment can be given.
This round of her treatment was not going well. After her chemo, her white blood cell level dropped to only 700, which was a dangerous level. The doctors gave her lots of injections to boost it up. Once it reached more than 20,000. She was discharged until it dropped back to about 7000.

She was recently hospitalized again, so that she might do her Pami treatment again. While waiting for the blood Calcium level report, she went to see some eye and throat specialists and she was found to have cysts both in her eyes and throat. That was an additional burden to her, simply because she suspected it had spread to her eyes and throat. She now had the one in her throat removed, and she is waiting for the biopsy report. After so many days of Calcium injections, she finished her Pami treatment today (12/04/09). She will be discharged, I think, in a day or two.

Pamidronate Disodium treatment to relieve her pain due to the Bone Metastasis from Lung Cancer

After 9 days of linear accelerator treatment, she still felt very painful. The day before yesterday (25/11/08), the doctors decided to combine this treatment with an infusion of Pamidronate Disodium. It is said that this medicine is effective to relieve the pain from bone metastasis. We were told that this might cause some side effects like vomiting, slight fever, etc. After one day's treatment, she was OK. However, starting yesterday, she severely vomited many times and her temperature went up to 38C. Doctors immediately gave her an injection of medicine to stop her vomiting, but it was not very effective. Then they decided to give her an infusion to stop the vomiting and also to help calm her down. Today, she said she felt much better. Her pain has been reduced and we are now much less worried. Thanks to Dr Mu and Dr He. They are the best doctors in the world.

7th Chemotheraty was done on 13/09/08

Mama's 7th chemotherapy was done on 13/09/08. Before that, we were always worried about her white blood cell count and blood count. It had been always below normal. Somebody told us that turtle soup would help to boost up her white blood cell count. She had had some turtle soup for the time. After it, the white blood cell count increased from 3700 to 4600 and again to 5000 after the second time she tried the turtle soup. Now she's recovering.

I visited her on 30/08/08 and only came back last Sunday (07/09/08). She was very happy to see me and showed me arround one of the best places in the city. She also saw me off at the local airport before I left for Singapore.