Survivor finds new role: To inspire others (with photo of Becky)
Becky Voelkel of Concrete says faith, family, friends and great care are carrying her through treatment for multiple myeloma.
Voelkel was diagnosed with the disease in September 2008 and immediately started treatment at the Skagit Valley Hospital Regional Cancer Care Center in preparation for a bone marrow transplant on Sept. 30, 2009 at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA).
Skagit Valley Hospital Regional Cancer Care Center is a network member of the SCCA, a partnership of the world-renowned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s, providing patients with access to research, clinical trials and the latest in diagnosis and treatment.
According to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, the incurable but treatable disease is a cancer of the plasma cells in the blood. The Foundation estimates nearly 20,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in the United States.
For Voelkel, who also has Type 2 diabetes, the illness was spotted before she had any obvious symptoms during routine checks with her primary care physician who noted an elevated protein in her blood in May 2008.
“I wasn’t feeling sick. I wasn’t feeling any pain,” she said. “What I’ve learned is most people go undiagnosed, so, by the time it’s found, it’s much more serious.”
Voelkel completed all of the preparatory chemotherapy and treatments and headed to Seattle in August 2009 where she would stay for nearly three months during the bone marrow transplant process. A family friend stayed with her in an apartment near SCCA for the treatment, performed on an outpatient basis.
There were two weeks of diagnostic testing and then a high dose of chemotherapy. She asked to delay her chemo one day so she could take advantage of some free tickets to see the Seattle Mariners play baseball. “That was a lot of fun,” she said.
Voelkel was also given a drug to promote stem-cell growth and several days later was hooked up to a machine to remove her stem cells for her transplant which followed on Sept. 30.
“The whole process was just amazing. The people are so caring and there was a whole team of people I could talk to,” she said. “I feel blessed living so close to have access to a world-renowned, top research hospital.”
While she had to be especially careful during some periods to avoid exposure to people or germs, other times allowed her great opportunities in Seattle. She went to the theater, symphony and to the top of the Space Needle for the first time in her life.
“They try to make your time enjoyable. There are times when you cant go out, but when you can, they encourage you to be active,” she said.
In a seamless transition of care, she returned to Skagit County on Oct. 30 and started maintenance therapy at the Regional Cancer Care Center in November. She is participating in a clinical trial through SCCA for one year on the use of Vorinostat for multiple myeloma patients post transplant. She is feeling good, and knows the continuing treatment will help.
“I have to remember that I had an aggressive form of cancer and this may help prevent it from coming back,” she said.
Becky received great news in February when doctors told her following a bone marrow biopsy that her disease is in remission.
“People tell me ‘you’re a cancer survivor,’ ” she said. “I never thought I wasn’t going to be!”
She returned to work part time in January and full time in February at the Tree of Life Christian Outlet in Burlington. She is living with her daughter in Mount Vernon to reduce the commute.
Along the way, the self-described timid Voelkel has found a voice to talk to people about her cancer and her faith.
“I think I have more people to talk to and to reach out to and that’s why I’m still here,” she said.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Multiple Myeloma Survivor Article At SCCA
Multiple Myeloma Survivor
>
> Becky Voelkel has diabetes. She lives in Concrete, Washington and drives
> into Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon for her medical care. It was
> during a routine visit and routine blood work in May of 2008 that her
> doctor noticed an increase in the protein levels in her blood.
>
> "I went back in August to check it again. And still the protein level
> was high. It was just shooting up," Becky says.
>
> Becky says she remembers looking gray that summer because she was
> anemic. "They were surprised I was still walking around," Becky says.
>
> Diagnosis
> On September 5 her doctor ordered more lab work. "He never said cancer,
> just hematology," Becky says. "I think he didn't want to say it. But
> when I saw the hematologist, that's when I learned I had multiple
> myeloma, incurable."
>
> A bone scan and bone marrow biopsy followed, as well as two pints of
> blood and Becky was to start chemotherapy the following Monday. Her
> disease had taken over 80 to 90 percent of her bone marrow, putting her
> cancer at Stage 3.
>
> "The hematologist suggested a new medication just approved for multiple
> myeloma called velcade," Becky says.
>
> Becky received her first two weeks of chemotherapy with Velcade and felt
> fine. "I'm still amazed with how Velcade worked even two years later," she says. "My doctor did not expect my counts to drop more than 50% but they went from 5.3 to 1.6 almost a 75% drop in one cycle of treatment." The 0.5 was what I finally got down to when I first saw Dr. Holmberg and she suggested revlimid to bring the counts down more before transplant.!"
>
> Autologous Transplant
> The next step in Becky's treatment was to be an autologous bone marrow
> transplant, where doctors remove a patient's stem cells and then put
> these cells back into the patient after conditioning therapy which is
> either high-dose chemotherapy, irradiation, or both. She would not need
> a donor as she was going to use her own stem cells.
>
> Her doctor referred her to Dr. Leona Holmberg, a medical oncologist at
> Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
>
> Becky has an aggressive form of myeloma. She was told that in most cases
> it will recur in a year after transplant. So Dr. Holmberg wanted to
> reduce her cell counts even lower than the 0.5 it was currently at
> before she was transplanted. Becky received revlimid, another multiple
> myeloma treatment medication.
>
> "I felt better during treatment than I had before I was diagnosed,"
> Becky says, "because my blood was getting healthier."
>
> Becky had her bone marrow harvested in August 2009. "I even postponed it
> a day because I won free Mariners tickets!" she says. She received her
> transplant on September 30.
>
> Fundraising
> "I didn't want to give up working, but my boss was generous and gave me
> a paid leave of absence for three months. And then my kids helped me do
> fundraisers to help me pay for my stay in Seattle for my transplant,"
> Becky says. "With help from my boss, we earned $17,000 in four months!"
> These funds got her through her transplant and even through the next six
> months before she could return to work.
>
> "I did really well after my transplant," Becky says. "I had the regular
> side effects from the high-dose chemotherapy before the transplant, but
> that only lasted 10 days. I never felt sick otherwise, except when I was
> really weak when I was first diagnosed."
>
> Clinical Research Study
> Having multiple myeloma is almost like having diabetes. Becky will most
> likely have to take medications to keep it under control for the rest of
> her life. She is now participating in a research study for maintenance
> therapy after autologous transplant with vorinostat and velcade.
>
> "It's Dr. Holmberg's trial, but I'm able to receive my treatments at
> Skagit Valley Medical Center, which is really nice."
>
> Skagit Valley Medical Center is a member of the Seattle Cancer Care
> Alliance Network, which give Skagit Valley special privileges to
> participate in clinical research studies begin conducted by SCCA
> doctors, among other things. Becky's doctors in Mt. Vernon are in close
> contact with Dr. Holmberg at SCCA.
>
> Becky doesn't believe her cancer will return in the next year. "I am
> feeling amazingly well. I don't feel like I've really had a cancer!"
>
>
> Amy Poffenbarger
> Marketing Communications Specialist
> Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
> Phone: (206) 288-6427
> Fax: (206) 288-1310
> Mail Stop: CM-100
> www.seattlecca.org
>
> Becky Voelkel has diabetes. She lives in Concrete, Washington and drives
> into Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon for her medical care. It was
> during a routine visit and routine blood work in May of 2008 that her
> doctor noticed an increase in the protein levels in her blood.
>
> "I went back in August to check it again. And still the protein level
> was high. It was just shooting up," Becky says.
>
> Becky says she remembers looking gray that summer because she was
> anemic. "They were surprised I was still walking around," Becky says.
>
> Diagnosis
> On September 5 her doctor ordered more lab work. "He never said cancer,
> just hematology," Becky says. "I think he didn't want to say it. But
> when I saw the hematologist, that's when I learned I had multiple
> myeloma, incurable."
>
> A bone scan and bone marrow biopsy followed, as well as two pints of
> blood and Becky was to start chemotherapy the following Monday. Her
> disease had taken over 80 to 90 percent of her bone marrow, putting her
> cancer at Stage 3.
>
> "The hematologist suggested a new medication just approved for multiple
> myeloma called velcade," Becky says.
>
> Becky received her first two weeks of chemotherapy with Velcade and felt
> fine. "I'm still amazed with how Velcade worked even two years later," she says. "My doctor did not expect my counts to drop more than 50% but they went from 5.3 to 1.6 almost a 75% drop in one cycle of treatment." The 0.5 was what I finally got down to when I first saw Dr. Holmberg and she suggested revlimid to bring the counts down more before transplant.!"
>
> Autologous Transplant
> The next step in Becky's treatment was to be an autologous bone marrow
> transplant, where doctors remove a patient's stem cells and then put
> these cells back into the patient after conditioning therapy which is
> either high-dose chemotherapy, irradiation, or both. She would not need
> a donor as she was going to use her own stem cells.
>
> Her doctor referred her to Dr. Leona Holmberg, a medical oncologist at
> Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
>
> Becky has an aggressive form of myeloma. She was told that in most cases
> it will recur in a year after transplant. So Dr. Holmberg wanted to
> reduce her cell counts even lower than the 0.5 it was currently at
> before she was transplanted. Becky received revlimid, another multiple
> myeloma treatment medication.
>
> "I felt better during treatment than I had before I was diagnosed,"
> Becky says, "because my blood was getting healthier."
>
> Becky had her bone marrow harvested in August 2009. "I even postponed it
> a day because I won free Mariners tickets!" she says. She received her
> transplant on September 30.
>
> Fundraising
> "I didn't want to give up working, but my boss was generous and gave me
> a paid leave of absence for three months. And then my kids helped me do
> fundraisers to help me pay for my stay in Seattle for my transplant,"
> Becky says. "With help from my boss, we earned $17,000 in four months!"
> These funds got her through her transplant and even through the next six
> months before she could return to work.
>
> "I did really well after my transplant," Becky says. "I had the regular
> side effects from the high-dose chemotherapy before the transplant, but
> that only lasted 10 days. I never felt sick otherwise, except when I was
> really weak when I was first diagnosed."
>
> Clinical Research Study
> Having multiple myeloma is almost like having diabetes. Becky will most
> likely have to take medications to keep it under control for the rest of
> her life. She is now participating in a research study for maintenance
> therapy after autologous transplant with vorinostat and velcade.
>
> "It's Dr. Holmberg's trial, but I'm able to receive my treatments at
> Skagit Valley Medical Center, which is really nice."
>
> Skagit Valley Medical Center is a member of the Seattle Cancer Care
> Alliance Network, which give Skagit Valley special privileges to
> participate in clinical research studies begin conducted by SCCA
> doctors, among other things. Becky's doctors in Mt. Vernon are in close
> contact with Dr. Holmberg at SCCA.
>
> Becky doesn't believe her cancer will return in the next year. "I am
> feeling amazingly well. I don't feel like I've really had a cancer!"
>
>
> Amy Poffenbarger
> Marketing Communications Specialist
> Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
> Phone: (206) 288-6427
> Fax: (206) 288-1310
> Mail Stop: CM-100
> www.seattlecca.org
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Nov. 25th Happy Thanksgiving
I will be spending Thanksgiving with my kids in Mt. Vernon. Ron went elk hunting with friends. I hope he gets an elk.
I wanted to update everyone where I am at. I was just released from Seattle again. I started my maintenance therapy with vorinastat and velcade. I take vorinastat pill for 14 days and velcade the 2nd and 5th day of a 28 day cycle. I notice it is causing all my blood counts to drop. I saw my regular oncologist just this morning and we set up appts. for next month to continue the therapy and I was no more than 5 min away and I got a call to be back on Mon. to recheck my counts again. He had just got the counts from the lab and was concerned. When I was with the Seattle doctor on Monday the 23rd and I saw my blood counts were low, they said it was expected. Maybe that's why they give me 14 day rest from this chemo.
I have been feeling very healthy and miss working. I planned on going back to work in February. I just might see about doing some part time in Jan. to work back up to handling my job full time.
I also spent a couple of days in Salem, OR this last Thurs and Fri with my mom in the hospital. She has been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. She was a heavy smoker all her life which is the main cause for this cancer. It is fast moving and could spread to other parts of the body. The hospital did a cat scan on Tuesday(yesterday) and found cancer also in her brain and liver. They can treat it with chemo but even with chemo her life expectancy isn't very long.
Pray for my mom, that she endures the treatment and she can be with our family this Christmas. They will be putting her in a nursing home this weekend after her first round of chemo. We had a family reunion planned this Christmas since it will be my dads 75th birthday on Dec. 28th.
Pray also I do well with this maintenance therapy and I can go back to work soon.
God Bless, Becky
I wanted to update everyone where I am at. I was just released from Seattle again. I started my maintenance therapy with vorinastat and velcade. I take vorinastat pill for 14 days and velcade the 2nd and 5th day of a 28 day cycle. I notice it is causing all my blood counts to drop. I saw my regular oncologist just this morning and we set up appts. for next month to continue the therapy and I was no more than 5 min away and I got a call to be back on Mon. to recheck my counts again. He had just got the counts from the lab and was concerned. When I was with the Seattle doctor on Monday the 23rd and I saw my blood counts were low, they said it was expected. Maybe that's why they give me 14 day rest from this chemo.
I have been feeling very healthy and miss working. I planned on going back to work in February. I just might see about doing some part time in Jan. to work back up to handling my job full time.
I also spent a couple of days in Salem, OR this last Thurs and Fri with my mom in the hospital. She has been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. She was a heavy smoker all her life which is the main cause for this cancer. It is fast moving and could spread to other parts of the body. The hospital did a cat scan on Tuesday(yesterday) and found cancer also in her brain and liver. They can treat it with chemo but even with chemo her life expectancy isn't very long.
Pray for my mom, that she endures the treatment and she can be with our family this Christmas. They will be putting her in a nursing home this weekend after her first round of chemo. We had a family reunion planned this Christmas since it will be my dads 75th birthday on Dec. 28th.
Pray also I do well with this maintenance therapy and I can go back to work soon.
God Bless, Becky
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Nov 4th-I'm home
I was released from SCCA on Oct. 30th. I will be staying at my son's house for several months which is only 5 mins. to the hospital and cancer clinic in Mt. Vernon. I am feeling very well outside of the times fatigue hits me then I go take a nap. I usually last about 4 hours. I can go along not watching the time then all of a sudden it hits me and I know it is time to stop. My blood counts are all in normal ranges. It will take about a year for my immune system to be back to normal. The nurses explained the importance keeping my hands washed and be careful not to be touching my face much. I stay away from crowds which means I will still have to miss church for awhile. I did go to bible study fellowship several times and during the lecture time I sat in the back away from everyone.
The last week in Seattle the clinic keep me busy with appts. with various doctors on my team and attending a long term care class. Basically, I can't isolate myself and if someone in my home is sick, we just stay apart from each other. We have handy wipes to wipe things done often so germs aren't spread. I even put paper towels in the bathroom because I can't share hand towels. I plan on staying healthy.
I start my maintenance therapy on Dec. 16th. It will involve a 28th day cycle of Velcade and vorinostat. Velcade is the same drug I was given when I was first diagnosed and I did real well with it. It will be given to me the 2nd and 5th days of the cycle. I will miss my pick lines when they give me that. I will have to be hooked up to an IV for treatment. For those who din not see me I had a pick line in my upper right arm for 10 months. It was removed in Seattle and I was given a Hickman line in my chest. That was removed on Oct 29th.
Vorinostat is a pill that I will take for the first 14 days of the cycle. It is used for other types of bone marrow cancers but not in post transplant patients for myeloma. It is a protein inhibitor. I will be part of a research study of about 30 post transplant myeloma patients to see what effects this drug combination has on people after a autologous transplant. They want to see if by using this as a maintenance therapy if it will keep the cancer from coming back and increase the survival rate.
This last paragraph reminds me that when I saw my doctor at by release appt. and he is telling me all about the chances of this cancer coming back or that I am at high risk of getting other cancers, I told him I have a powerful almighty God who will heal me completely. I was impressed with his reaction. He actually agreed it could happen.
This blog is getting long time for me to go. Pray that I will do well with my maintenance therapy. Also, notice the start date of Dec 16. I have to go to Seattle for 2 and a half weeks. This is through Christmas. My name is on top of the list to move up sooner. I am suppose to go to Oregon this Christmas for my dad's 75th birthday. We planned a big party on Dec. 27th plus I got a call this last weekend that we are having Christmas dinner and gift exchange at my parents house. Pray there is a cancellation so my treatment won't interfere with these times.
God bless, Becky
The last week in Seattle the clinic keep me busy with appts. with various doctors on my team and attending a long term care class. Basically, I can't isolate myself and if someone in my home is sick, we just stay apart from each other. We have handy wipes to wipe things done often so germs aren't spread. I even put paper towels in the bathroom because I can't share hand towels. I plan on staying healthy.
I start my maintenance therapy on Dec. 16th. It will involve a 28th day cycle of Velcade and vorinostat. Velcade is the same drug I was given when I was first diagnosed and I did real well with it. It will be given to me the 2nd and 5th days of the cycle. I will miss my pick lines when they give me that. I will have to be hooked up to an IV for treatment. For those who din not see me I had a pick line in my upper right arm for 10 months. It was removed in Seattle and I was given a Hickman line in my chest. That was removed on Oct 29th.
Vorinostat is a pill that I will take for the first 14 days of the cycle. It is used for other types of bone marrow cancers but not in post transplant patients for myeloma. It is a protein inhibitor. I will be part of a research study of about 30 post transplant myeloma patients to see what effects this drug combination has on people after a autologous transplant. They want to see if by using this as a maintenance therapy if it will keep the cancer from coming back and increase the survival rate.
This last paragraph reminds me that when I saw my doctor at by release appt. and he is telling me all about the chances of this cancer coming back or that I am at high risk of getting other cancers, I told him I have a powerful almighty God who will heal me completely. I was impressed with his reaction. He actually agreed it could happen.
This blog is getting long time for me to go. Pray that I will do well with my maintenance therapy. Also, notice the start date of Dec 16. I have to go to Seattle for 2 and a half weeks. This is through Christmas. My name is on top of the list to move up sooner. I am suppose to go to Oregon this Christmas for my dad's 75th birthday. We planned a big party on Dec. 27th plus I got a call this last weekend that we are having Christmas dinner and gift exchange at my parents house. Pray there is a cancellation so my treatment won't interfere with these times.
God bless, Becky
Friday, October 16, 2009
Oct. 15 (day 15 and still counting
I was just given the weekend off from the clinic. I asked if they would
let me go home but it was a definite No! My nuetrophils are still way to
low to be around anyone. The nurse told me to stay in my nice little apt.
and close to the clinic.
I have had an interesting week. Sun. (day 11) I saw a weekend doctor and
he told me I looked so good. Teasingly, he told me not to tell anyone I
was given melphalan because I looked too good. Then, Mon (day 12) I saw my
regular doctor and the new attending research doctor who told me he heard
how while I was doing and I comment how young he looked. It got very quiet
and the doctors and nurse were just staring at me. I asked why they were
staring at me and my doctor said there was nothing else he could do for
me. The labs haven't come back yet so we couldn't look at them. After the
doctors left, the nurse said that I am doing so well they didn't have
anything to discuss with me. Normally, people are so sick they have some
plan of action. On Tues (day 12), I was sent to the triage nurse to get my
vitals and sent home. They were too busy seeing sick people. I am just too
healthy for them. Then today as I said earlier, I free for the weekend.
They were teasing me about if I came crawling in on Monday, they will know
I didn't follow protocol and was goofing off this weekend.
There is a chance I can head home in about 2 weeks if my nuetrophils reach
.5. I am at .11 now.
God has given me an amazing body. I recoup from illnesses usually pretty
quickly plus with all the prayers I know are going up for me I am looking
forward to going into complete remission. Praise God
Love, Becky
let me go home but it was a definite No! My nuetrophils are still way to
low to be around anyone. The nurse told me to stay in my nice little apt.
and close to the clinic.
I have had an interesting week. Sun. (day 11) I saw a weekend doctor and
he told me I looked so good. Teasingly, he told me not to tell anyone I
was given melphalan because I looked too good. Then, Mon (day 12) I saw my
regular doctor and the new attending research doctor who told me he heard
how while I was doing and I comment how young he looked. It got very quiet
and the doctors and nurse were just staring at me. I asked why they were
staring at me and my doctor said there was nothing else he could do for
me. The labs haven't come back yet so we couldn't look at them. After the
doctors left, the nurse said that I am doing so well they didn't have
anything to discuss with me. Normally, people are so sick they have some
plan of action. On Tues (day 12), I was sent to the triage nurse to get my
vitals and sent home. They were too busy seeing sick people. I am just too
healthy for them. Then today as I said earlier, I free for the weekend.
They were teasing me about if I came crawling in on Monday, they will know
I didn't follow protocol and was goofing off this weekend.
There is a chance I can head home in about 2 weeks if my nuetrophils reach
.5. I am at .11 now.
God has given me an amazing body. I recoup from illnesses usually pretty
quickly plus with all the prayers I know are going up for me I am looking
forward to going into complete remission. Praise God
Love, Becky
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Oct 10 - Day 10 after transplant
I did not realize I haven't posted anything for awhile. I have been sleeping a lot and I did not have very much of energy. Battling with diarrhea and some vomiting. I been able to keep my vomiting under control with anti-nausea pills. I have IV fluids at home and needed a red blood transfusion on day 7. I am medically called nuetraphenic right now. It means I have no immune system, practically no white blood cells to fight any infection. I am at .12 units (normal range is 4.5-10) I dropped to .03 on day 7 and .04 and day 8. My doctor comes in on day 9 and said congratulations your white blood cells or up 3x. I laughed at him considering I was so low. I still have a long ways to go. The only concern now is my platelet count is down to 16 (normal range is 150+) If I go in today and it has dropped to 10 I will need a platelet transfusion. Platelet cells are those cells that help clot your blood. So very important I don't get any cuts right now.
The best thing that has happen so far is that I haven't had any fevers so I have been able to stay out of the hospital. My doctor says because I haven't become inpatient I am what they called a statistical anomaly.
I feel well today. I will see the doctor again in about an hour and a half. If my counts continue to rise everything will be up hill from this point on. Looking forward to keeping past the need to sleep so much. I believe it affected me last night because I woke up wide awake at 1:45. I checked my email and went on facebook (only because my nephew added me as a friend and I had to confirm).
I believe many prayers are being answered. I have not gotten a fever and I am looking forward to a speedy recovery if my counts are on the rise. Our God is so awesome. God bless you all.
Love, Becky
The best thing that has happen so far is that I haven't had any fevers so I have been able to stay out of the hospital. My doctor says because I haven't become inpatient I am what they called a statistical anomaly.
I feel well today. I will see the doctor again in about an hour and a half. If my counts continue to rise everything will be up hill from this point on. Looking forward to keeping past the need to sleep so much. I believe it affected me last night because I woke up wide awake at 1:45. I checked my email and went on facebook (only because my nephew added me as a friend and I had to confirm).
I believe many prayers are being answered. I have not gotten a fever and I am looking forward to a speedy recovery if my counts are on the rise. Our God is so awesome. God bless you all.
Love, Becky
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Sept. 29th
I settled in Seattle again. I spent a week and a half visiting family and friends. Begun my transplant process on Sept. 28th. I was given melphalan (the bomb chemo) and lots of IV fluids afterward. During the whole process that started at 9 am and lasted until 2 pm and was required to suck on ice chips. They have found that keeping your mouth cold while given the melphalan will help the mouth and throat sores not to be so severe.
Today is -1 day before transplant and tomorrow will be 0 day. Rebirth of my bone marrow. Melphalan wipes out all new growth cells in your body which means it wiped out the cells in the bone marrow as well as new cells growing in my mouth, throat, stomach, hair,etc. Tonight I am doing well. I had a bout with nausea last night and took some extra anti-nausea pills and laid down for awhile. After the pills took effect, I was able to eat dinner.
The nurse says it will take until about Friday before the worse to hit. Need to watch my temp constantly because any fever will put me into the hospital immediately.
Continue to pray for speedy recovery with little or no side effects.
God bless you all and thank you so much for the prayers. Becky
Today is -1 day before transplant and tomorrow will be 0 day. Rebirth of my bone marrow. Melphalan wipes out all new growth cells in your body which means it wiped out the cells in the bone marrow as well as new cells growing in my mouth, throat, stomach, hair,etc. Tonight I am doing well. I had a bout with nausea last night and took some extra anti-nausea pills and laid down for awhile. After the pills took effect, I was able to eat dinner.
The nurse says it will take until about Friday before the worse to hit. Need to watch my temp constantly because any fever will put me into the hospital immediately.
Continue to pray for speedy recovery with little or no side effects.
God bless you all and thank you so much for the prayers. Becky
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