Continuing the fight

Dearest Friends and Family,
As you know, Lynn has been struggling with pain for quite awhile, so she was “teamed” with oncology, radiology and palliative care all participating. The consensus was that Lynn should get vertebralplasty, which is an injection of a cement substance into her thoracic vertebrae where it had collapsed (T-3) much like a compression fracture with the hope that it would give the spine more structure. It would also take some of the pressure off the nerves which they believed was a source of some of the pain. It was also suggested Lynn undergo a pain medication change as she had reached the top end of the therapeutic levels of the fentenyl without much relief. Both procedures had to be done inpatient.
Lynn and I decided to move forward and undergo both at the same time for the long haul and she checked into Froedtert last Monday. She underwent a battery of tests and after some delay, the spinal procedure was done Thursday. It was very successful according to the radiologists. It will take some time for the nerves to “quiet down” before she sees the total benefit but we are optimistic.
After that was done, they began the process of changing her over to new meds. Again, it will take some time but she is doing well…extremely tired, but well. Her pain is already significantly reduced and we are hoping for more improvement.
We would like thank you all for the extra good thoughts and prayers during this time. We would also like to thank the entire Froedtert staff from the very talented doctors and nurses to the techs who gave us wonderful care.
She is back on the chemo schedule of two weeks chemo on, and one week off and then will be scanned periodically to see if the chemo is stabilizing the cancer from growing and spreading.
We will continue to meet with the doctors to explore any and all options available for her continued care and treatment. We love you all!!