YES!

We went to the doctor on Friday for my chat time before the first chemo. The doctor walked in and handed Alan a paper that looked like it came from a binder. Alan was reading it and the doctor was just staring at him smiling. "What!? Tell me what y'all are talking about!" A drug was approved from the FDA this month for treating stage IV cervical cancer!! How did this happen the week before I was about to start treatment...Just in time! It's an old drug that has been used for lung cancer but went through clinical trials and now is approved for cervical cancer. It is not a cure but the patients in the trials lived much longer. I will have the new drug added to the other drugs that he was already planning on using.  The doctor's only concern is that the drug is totally going to knock my immune system out and my bone marrow may stop producing. Last round, I had a hard time keeping my white blood counts up but maybe this time will be different.  My incision wasn't healed enough to start treatment yesterday so he moved my first round to the 17th. I'm really happy because it gave me time to play in the snow and enjoy the weekend.  I'm spending this week eating all of the healthy foods that I can get my hands on.  I still manage to leave plenty of room for Snickers, cookies and brownies though!  :)