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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Stop me if you've heard this before...

We fretted about today's oncologist visit, but Lucy's left leg stole the spotlight. We did not even get a chance to discuss the PET scan or CA125 level. Her rash is an erythema and is a sign of a blood clot. Her leg also ballooned up this morning.

Lucy did get her Alimta treatment, so something went right. She can take her multivitamins instead of the prescription folic acid since the multivitamins contain the requisite 400 micrograms folic acid. Lucy's next vitamin B12 injection will be during her next treatment in three weeks.

She was supposed to visit Dr. Thurmes tomorrow, but he saw her while she was getting chemotherapy. Lucy had an ultrasound on her left leg at Suburban Imaging at 6:30. As a precaution, Lucy will be getting twice daily Lovenox injections for a week followed by daily injections for around six months. Her Coumadin was stopped immediately.

We had about 45 minutes between the end of chemo and the ultrasound, so we had a quick dinner at Leeann Chin's about eight blocks from Southdale Medical Building. The Heartland Cafe in the medical building closed several months ago and a Subway is supposedly going in to replace it.

The ultrasound confirmed multiple clots in her left leg. However she was not admitted to the hospital. We'll find out more tomorrow. Apparently the belief is the Lovenox will work on the clots such that she won't require hospitalization or TPA catheters.

I will be administering the injections. It looks like the syringe has a short small bore needle. Lucy has no abdominal fat remaining because it was removed in her debulking surgery. The "tummy poke" is best for her, so I'll have to be careful. It's funny, I could probably give injections to anyone else, myself included, but the thought of giving Lucy a shot worries me. I know it's irrational.

So yes, you've heard the blood clots stuff before. Believe me, we hate reruns, too!

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