Serenity Now!
Entry 1 9:42 a.m. Let me first say that Jenny has, no matter who it is you ask, the best PDAC oncologist there is. Period. He is like the little French chocolate, non-pariels, of doctors. That said, yesterday was again a day of frustration for me. I have so much concern for what the doctor said to us, and so many questions. To raise those issues with Dr. P., who comes off as Moses sans beard, holding his stone tablet decrees, and me down below worshiping a golden calf. Jenny's CA 19-9 went up: The doctor said it went up just a bit, nothing really to worry about. Really, he said, your cancer is stable, "maybe a little worse." But stable. The CA 19-9 numbers are see-sawing, but the general trend is through the roof. 42845.1 U/ml as of yesterday. Baseline, 14 months ago, was 846 U/ml. So, its 42k higher. Jenny, as is her way, won't look for another week or so, and I, of course, per her wishes, won't share the information with her. Jenny...
