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Yesterday was the last of chemo round one. She is still magnesium deficient which is frustrating to me because they keep upping her dosage and it just makes her go to the bathroom more. She has the same level every time she's tested.

Round two of chemo starts next Tuesday and they are telling us this is much worse. She only gets it once every three weeks but it is supposed to be really bad for 10 days of each cycle. They gave her two additional nausea medications.

Today she went for an MRI on her liver. Won't hear results on that till next Friday. Hoping it is nothing. Got mixed signals from the doctor during the initial exam.

She continues to do well, chemo one pretty much dissolved the tumor. The doctor can't feel it anymore with manual exam. I asked if chemo alone will eliminate it and got mixed signals from him also.

Chemo will not kill the cancer but the surgery is to ensure that everything is dead. What the hell does that mean. Either the chemo killed it or it didn't. The surgery if it still shows cancer means the chemo was not successful. I think I understand his point, she gets surgery no matter what.