On Monday, August 20, Maylene went in for minor surgery to have the port, which will be used for chemo, implanted into her chest. Everything went well and she was home that evening.
On Wednesday, August 22, Maylene had breathing and hearing tests to serve as the baseline before Chemo starts since the drugs can affect her breathing and hearing.
Today, Thursday, August 23, Maylene will be going in for a PETscan, which will determine if and where there are any actively dividing (cancer) cells in her body.
Finally, Friday, August 24, Maylene will go in for an MRI so they can see in HD if there are any masses/tumors forming anywhere else in the body.
After all of these tests, the Oncologist will be able to find out what stage the cancer is at.
Next week, Maylene will be going to Dana Farber in Boston to meet with another team of Oncologists. She will also be starting the tests with the chemo, which means giving her a little bit of each drug used in the chemo to see how her body will react to it. At that appointment, they will also find out where she will be receiving her treatment, either Baystate or Boston. We are all hoping it will be Baystate because it's closer, but there is a huge possibility that it will be in Boston.
That is all for now, the next update will be sometime next week.
Thank you everyone for the continued support!!
Maylene has been diagnosed with a very aggressive form of ovarian cancer. She is a fighter and will beat this disease; however, she needs your help. Cancer treatments are expensive, and insurance only covers so much. Please consider how you can support Maylene.
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