My life since metastatic osteosarcoma diagnosis October 2002. I am Audra, a 34 yr old female. My husband is Glen and our 6+ year old daughter is Angela.
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Thursday, October 23, 2003
Almost two months since "our" last post.
Audra's been going for her Zometa treatments every two weeks or so. She skipped a treatment earlier this month with so many activities going on, namely Angela's birthday parties. Yes parties, plural.
Zometa is not chemo but a newer drug used to treat osteoperosis. Zometa strengthens the bones. During her recent treatment Audra told the doctor that she's experiencing additional pain in her right shoulder where they've treated with radiation one time in the past. Audra really hasn't used the right arm for a few months so I'm hoping that she's just aggravated a muscle during all of her recent activity. Nevertheless the doctor has ordered a battery of tests. These will be scheduled over the next week or so.
As many of you know Audra has not had much of her voice since her last radiation treatment. Besides that, she's seems to be battling a small cold or recurring cough. Not sure what that is. It seems to come and go.
Audra also just identified two small bumps, one on the top of back near her shoulder blade and another under her arm below the armpit. Lymph nodes we assume. She'll be calling the doctor tomorrow to see what he has to say.
Hey, other than that she's doing well. She looks great. Besides some morning fatigue, she does just about anything she wants whenever she wants. Amazing us all a little bit.
We did get a bit a bad news recently. A young man we had made contact with in Boston, battling osteosarcoma just like Audra, passed away in early October. He and Audra were very similar in age, diagnosis, locations of metastesis and treatment. His name is David Vesley. You can read some of his story here: David Vesely
That's the lastest. We'll make a post after we receive the test results.
Thursday, October 23, 2003
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