Wow! It’s been over 7 months since I’ve updated this site. I guess I’ve been busy!

I have been on chemo treatments since May 23, 2014. I had my 24th chemo last Friday, January 16th. My first two chemos were at Mass General. Dr. Zhu referred us to Dr. Hong at the Helen & Harry Gray Cancer Center at Hartford Hospital and I have been going there since June, 2014. We have the best team possible to fight this cancer. I’ve seen Dr. Zhu a couple of times since May. I’ve had a couple of CT scans since then. The good news is that each time I’ve had shrinkage of the tumors. I continue to tolerate the treatments very well. I continue to not show any signs of the cancer, i.e., no pain, no blockage of the bile ducts, no jaundice.

I did experience very minor hearing loss that is referred to as high frequency hearing loss. What happens is that I have a buzzing in my left ear that is fairly constant, but hardly noticeable. My ears get blocked at times. It is most noticeable when I’m in a crowded room with several people. Dr. Hong opted to reduce the amount of cisplatin I get in my treatment to 57%. The reduction began in late October, 2014. Since then I have had no other issues. I’m able to unblock my ears most of the time and very rarely can’t hear what someone is saying.

I’ve uploaded pictures of a variety of people wearing the BeaStrong T-shirts to the site. I’ll add more pictures as time goes along.