The Treatment Plan

For the cancer I've got there is a specific treatment plan. I do this and the odds are 90% I will never see this cancer again. Here's what will take place:
Radiation: There will be approximately 33 radiation treatments aimed at my pelvic area. They began July 5 and will conclude at approximately August 18th.
Reaction: First third: No issues. Second third: Discomfort. Final third: Increasing discomfort, culminating in 'brutal'.
Chemotherapy: There will be two courses of treatment. The first was started on July 5. The second will begin August 1st.
Reaction: First course produced nasty mouth sores, an overall sludgey feeling and 'chemo brain'. At least I know what to expect for the second course, and can make some plans.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13

Friday, August 12, 2011

Hangin'

Just not excited to post.
Morphine knocks the sutffin' out of yer brain.
I tried skipping a dose (the bedtime one) last night. It was not a successful experiment.
It is a challenge to get focused to do activities of daily living, never mind proactive things.
Another contributing factor is that the mouth sores are not going away. On the contrary, they seem worse.

A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?"
All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field.
The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass.
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.
Isaiah 40:6-8

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