We were talking to the doctor today. He gave us more details about the analysis of Nadines’s brain scans and layed out his plan for further treatment. Compared to December, the pictures taken in April show that the metastases in Nadine’s head have significantly decreased. April is the date when it became possible to measure the effects of radiation therapy. The additional pictures from June were taken to find out what happened after these effects. The result is: nothing. Which is the best possible outcome because it means that her state is stable and that these nine little bastards in her head aren’t growing anymore – at least for the moment. In the next week there will be another CT of Nadine’s body in order to make the same kind of comparison for her lung and spine.

Normally, medication does only apply to the body, not to the head. For protection of the brain, there is the so-called blood-brain barrier. But if this barrier is broken once, which has happend with Nadine’s kind of cancer, this might change. As her chemotherapy with Eribulin, the substance most likely to apply to the head as well, seems to have an effect, it will be continued in the already established way.

Hoping that Eribulin is the right choice of medication to keep Nadine’s body and head stable, we’re in good mood and have a perspective for the next three months – the next brain scan is scheduled for the end of September. Until then, it’s two Tuesdays with Eribulin and one Tuesday rest. This leaves us with a few time slots of almost two weeks without treatment an we can start to plan for another holiday!