Back On Track

Mary Jo was scheduled to have her Herceptin (chemo) treatment at Minnesota Oncology in Burnsville on Tuesday July 20th, however she had a migraine headache had had to postpone that appointment.  The good staff at MOPA was able to accommodate a reschedule and get Mary Jo in for the missed treatment on Wednesday morning.  Mary Jo is now back on schedule and will receive her next treatment in three weeks and her last and final treatment on September 2.  (correction, in my last post, I incorrectly stated that Mary Jo's last Herceptin treatment would be August 2nd)  This will mark 52 weeks (not sessions) of treatment from the biologic chemo drug, Herceptin.  Mary Jo's migraine headache is gone but she continues to en dour many of the negative muscle and nerve (aches and pains) related side effects from the cancer treatments.  She rarely mentions these aches and pains to me but she confesses when I see her taking the max doses of the OTC pain relievers that her oncologist recommended for these side effects.  She is such a remarkable strong girl.