Personal pharmacy

• Bloodwork, appointment with Dr. T and treatment at Siteman South County

It's been a few appointments since we've seen Dr. T and it was nice to see him today. He's so excited for us and our trip (and so am I). Dr. T loaded me up with antibiotics to take with me in case I catch something and with a letter to answer any questions about the personal pharmacy in my carry-on or about the portacath in my chest. Getting through security could be interesting!

They took an extra blood sample today for a liquid biopsie test. It's a relatively new test and Dr. T can't promise that he'll even know what to do with the results. BUT at this point, it's a free test as they build their database and it could be helpful. It could potentially show us if there are any tumor bits floating around in my blood, and if so, whether or not the pathology of the tumor bits matches the pathology of my original colon tumor. It takes a couple of weeks for the results, so... we will see!

We also scheduled my next CT for the end of July and I won't see Dr. T again until the week after that CT. (Assuming of course that nothing major changes with my health.) I'll still have bloodwork and Avastin infusions every other week but I won't have doctor appointments on those days.