Sunday, May 31st 2009

Buel has a liver stent replacement Monday, Jun 1st. The stents are to keep the liver ducts open due to the tumors. He has these every 2 months. Next chemo will be Jun 8th in Tulsa. We will leave on Jun 7th.

Wed, May 27th, 2009

Had appt with surgeon today about hernia. Surgeon said he would have to stop taking chemo for about 4-6 weeks. Not really an option. The two docs will talk but doubt that anything will be done. Will just have to put up with it. We are home now. Next treatment is Jun 8th and we will leave on Jun 7th.

Tuesday May 26th, 2009 12:50 pm

Visited with Oncologist this morning. Buel has lost another 2 lbs. Down to 133 lbs. He told us today that the "final" report from the scans last time is that the tumors are not shrinking and are not growing. However, he said that he had to find another drug to go along with what he is giving him because with the drug not shrinking the tumors, that he is basically just keeping him alive. He said that when the Erbitux quit working then there was "danger" so he has to find another drug to work with this one. Problem is he has taken almost all the drugs there is to take and they have not stopped his tumors. They have continued to grow with all the medicine. He said there are a few more new ones on the market and he has to do research on them for colorectal cancer patients. Then we visited with the Gastro... Dr. and the lab work shows no bacteria to be causing the diarreha. So, no luck there. Our next trip here will be on June 8th for more chemo. He has an appt with a hernia dr. tomorrow at 10 and then we are heading back home. Please say a prayer for us. We desperately need it at this point. Thanks, Tommie

Monday May 18th, 2009

Buel had good results from his colonoscopy since "cancer" was not involved. He has colonitius (sp???) which is an inflamed colon which will cause diahrea. He gave him some medicine to stop the inflamation and we see him again on Tues the 26th. We leave for Tulsa for his next chemo treatment on May 25 for appts on the 26th chemo and 27th dr. appts for hernia. God is good and we give him all the glory for this good report. Thank you to all the prayer warriors we have on our side. Thanks again, Tommie

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

We got to Tulsa around 5 pm this afternoon. We had a safe trip with a little rain. We met my client here and talked to her for a little bit. Her husband is here getting evaluated. Will post more on Monday after the colonoscopy. We are scheduled to be downstairs at surgery at 6:30 am with colonoscopy scheduled for 8:30 am Monday. Please pray. Thanks, Tommie

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

We are leaving this afternoon for Tulsa. Buel has to do prep starting in the morning and last all day. Colonoscopy is 8:30 am Monday morning. Please remember us in your thoughts and prayers. He is not feeling well. Thanks, Tommie

Monday May 11th 2009 1:37 pm

Just spoke with Dr. and he said the CT shows the tumors are not smaller than in Jan but are not any larger either. He has a large conference of oncologists in a few weeks and so he wants to see the latest and greatest thing to give. He said he still had a lot of work to do but Buel was holding his own according to the tumors not growing. However, they are not shrinking either. He is scheduled for a colonoscopy here Monday, May 18th to see if there is any new problems there or see if they can find out why the diaherra is not going away. He cannot stand to lose another 9 lbs in 4 weeks. He will be finished with his chemo treatment at 2 pm today and we will be headed home. We are not going on our scheduled vacation to Indiana. We have canceled that trip. He is scheduled for chemo again on May 26th, and on the 27th, he will see a surgeon to talk about a hernia repair. Thanks for the prayers and we need more in the future. Thanks again, Tommie

Monday May 11th

Buel has lost another 3 lbs. They are going to do colonoscopy Monday, the 18th here at Tulsa to figure out why he is still having the diaherra. Were going to do it tomorrow until they found out he is on Plavix. He has to be off that 5 days. We do not have the results of the scans until this afternoon and I will post another blog then. He is getting his chemo now.

Friday May 8th, 2009

We are due in Tulsa at 11:45 am Sunday the 10th. He has a Dr. appt on the 11th to get the results of the scans and to take chemo. We will be home Monday night. Please pray that these scans show some improvement. Thanks, Tommie