gloves are off...

today ginny and i travelled to mayo for ginny's check-up (blood work, a CT scan and a consultation with dr. peethambarum).  a rough go.

i need to back up a little to help make sense of all this...so hang in there with me :)

in june 2010 we were told that ginny's cancer had spread to her lungs...after a summer of tests it was decided that the lung abnormalities were not likely cancer.  BUT just to be sure ginny started taking megase to keep the sleeping cancer in her abdomen snoozing and to treat the cancer in the lungs that likely isn't cancer.

so over the past 6 months gin has been taking megase and for a time was taking prednisone for the "stuff" in her lungs.  the steroids did not seem to make a difference but gin started feeling better...all good it seemed.

well the megase caused blood clots in her legs...the clots have travelled to her lungs...the same lungs that are once again being diagnosed with metastatic cancer...yep that's right cancer.  so all along the first doc was right.

the blows kept coming....the cancer in the abdomen has "woken up"...

so the plan is to first get the clots under control.  gin will have a shot of heparin once a day for 5 days and will also start taking coumadin...in two weeks the cancer treatment will start again...

this is where it all gets tough....there is one other hormone treatment option (like the megase) and there is one more type of chemo to try...both of these have a success rate of less than 25%...so we will start with the hormone treatment (pills) and if it does not do the trick we will take on chemo...

dr. p was very clear that we are entering the ring with a fierce opponent and it is the BIG fight...the fight for my sweet ginny's life...

love
kir and gin

P.S. gin is feeling good...and looks good...and wants you all to know that she has had her curly hair trimmed three times...*this girl smiles*