Is Sutent Working? Scan and Results this week

A quick update Steve finished his 2nd round of treatment last Thursday and went to the hospital on Tuesday for his scan, we will then go back again tomorrow Thursday 22nd to get the results.


We are trying to not let this dominate our thoughts too much, as their isn’t anything we can do, to influence the results but we are obviously hoping that the drug is having an effect on the cancer.
Steve reminded me tonight to not get my hopes up and honestly Im trying my best not to but we surely do deserve some luck and I really want Sutent to have at least kept the tumors at the same size as they were on the last scan.

Steve’s pain medication seems to be at the right levels as his pain is most of the time under control but his feet are incredibly sore which is a side effect from Sutent. If the drug is working then Steve will start back on it in 2 weeks time. If it isnt then its back to the drawing board to look at other options!
Some of you may have heard David Cameron mention Sutent on the Political Leaders debate last week, where he highlighted a guy called Clive and his fight to get Sutent available along with other legally approved drugs. It is still an ongoing fight and one the James Whale Fund are supporting I myself have been writing e mails to our Political candidates to get thier opinons. Steve thinks Ive gone a bit mad but just cant help it!

With the James Whale Charity in mind I thought I would let you know that my cycling is going well and I managed 40 miles on Sunday but it really is a tough challenge!! Especially not helped when you fall off, as I did twice this weekend! Tried to be flash and bought those shoes which clip straight onto the pedals! Hence why I and the bike went stage left twice over the weekend! Oh well as long as I make it to Paris and the sponsorship keeps coming in, then its all worth while. Please if you havent managed to sponsor me yet then if you can afford it, my link is on the top left of this blog.

I will post again tomorrow once we get the results

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