Hello friends and folks,
Cleve has been faithfully taking his medication twice a day for one whole week and writing down in his log the dose, time and any side effects. For a man who hates to take pills, this is quite a feat, yay Cleve! We are also happy to report that it feels like the tumor under his arm is shrinking. It started out as a large orange size, we have felt it shrink down to walnut size and now feels to be about grape size. He has had some times of shrinkage and then it feels as if it swells again, but for the most part it has reduced in size a great deal. Cleve is also noticing less pain in his lower back and rarely takes the narcotics anymore, mostly tylenol to relieve any pain and/or discomfort.
Side effects of the medication have been minimal. Cleve has experienced some general fatigue and mild myalgia's. These are far less worse than what could happen, for instance, nausea, vomiting, severe photo sensetivity, skin rashes and squamous cell carcinoma. Cleve has been very good at keeping covered up, sunscreen applied and generally out of the sun. He however has not had any major check-ups. This will happen next week with his oncologist here and then in another two weeks in L.A. In September we can look forward to his next set of scans which will give us visible proof that the tumors are indeed shrinking. So until then we will be enjoying our summer with camping and a much needed vacation in August. I hope everyone is having a great summer and remember to keep that sunscreen handy.
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