Holding steady
Good news again. Keith's latest MRI (1/2/07) revealed that the tumor remains unchanged - no bigger than our last look a month ago. We are proceeding with the next round of chemotherapy - a 5 day dose of Temodar beginning this evening.
Otherwise Keith continues to make gradual progress. He has added 1 or 2 short walks to his daily regime and, although these are challenging and his legs are sore, he manages. Beginning this week we are also looking forward to trying out some of the Wellness Community classes - yoga, visualization and Qi-Gong. The Wellness Community has been an immeasurable help in terms of support and networking; we haven't had a chance until now to take advantage of these additional offerings. The current objective is to get body and mind moving again now that radiation is behind us.
The program of drug calibration we began in mid December is moving along. We are currently at the "maximum" combination dose of the two anti-seizure drugs - Keppra and Topomax. So far Keith is tolerating the new drug very well - but the (temporary) overlapping dosages leave him a big "foggy". Relief is in sight: beginning this week we will start gradually reducing the Keppra with the expectation that we will have it worked out by the first week in February. In the end, Keith should feel less "drugged" and he should have better seizure control. We also expect to have all steroid use eliminated by the end of the month.
Otherwise Keith continues to make gradual progress. He has added 1 or 2 short walks to his daily regime and, although these are challenging and his legs are sore, he manages. Beginning this week we are also looking forward to trying out some of the Wellness Community classes - yoga, visualization and Qi-Gong. The Wellness Community has been an immeasurable help in terms of support and networking; we haven't had a chance until now to take advantage of these additional offerings. The current objective is to get body and mind moving again now that radiation is behind us.
The program of drug calibration we began in mid December is moving along. We are currently at the "maximum" combination dose of the two anti-seizure drugs - Keppra and Topomax. So far Keith is tolerating the new drug very well - but the (temporary) overlapping dosages leave him a big "foggy". Relief is in sight: beginning this week we will start gradually reducing the Keppra with the expectation that we will have it worked out by the first week in February. In the end, Keith should feel less "drugged" and he should have better seizure control. We also expect to have all steroid use eliminated by the end of the month.
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