Great news on Blood Screening

 

I am now into the 2nd round of chemo pills.  I have developed a small side effect.  The palms of my hands and the bottoms of my feet are now very sensitive to contact.  This is a know side effect.  I have taken the precautions of

a)       Wearing 2 gloves when I golf.  1 on each hand

b)      Always wearing socks or slippers while in the house

c)       Wearing a glove when I am driving the car

d)      Using moisturizing cream 2 – 3 times a day.

This is way more an annoyance than anything that is causing pain.

 

But what I really wanted to update everyone on, was the pre-chemo blood screening results.  Before I started Chemo, they came out and did a blood draw to detect if there is any circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in the plasma of patients previously diagnosed with cancer.

The test results came back NEGATIVE.  Meaning that there are no cancer-causing cells circulating in my blood.   This means that the chemo I am on, is not to destroy anything existing, but to prevent anything new from forming.   They will do this test again in 3 months, to make sure that there are not any cancer cells that need a different form of chemo.




Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 15, 2023 at 3:57 PM

    Jim so glad to hear your good news...may future tests come out with same results. We think of you often so thanks for the update...hugs from afar!

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  2. AnonymousJune 15, 2023 at 4:05 PM

    What an annoying side effect, you can’t get away from it! Sorry. Good news about the blood test.

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2023 at 6:34 PM

    This is amazing your strength and method of processing all of this. Thank you for sharing and helping others to learn bro. You are doing great! AJ

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  4. LeeJune 15, 2023 at 9:04 PM

    Fabulous news!!!

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  5. AnonymousJune 16, 2023 at 9:19 AM

    Great news!!!!

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  6. Rose EvangelistaJune 16, 2023 at 10:02 AM

    This truly is amazing news! You are a Warrior!

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  7. AnonymousJune 17, 2023 at 7:03 PM

    Great news!!!

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  8. Natasha ChercoJune 20, 2023 at 10:59 PM

    Jim, this is really great news!! Will continue to pray for you! Sorry about side effect.

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