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

Monday, August 8, 2011

Helpers and Puzzles!

The best news! I asked for help. For drivers. They were arranged, coordinated, and all communications were accomplished. All I did was say 'help!'. What a blessing to have friends at the ready who will not only serve but figure out the administrative details of how to do it! Thanks, friends - you know who you are. I'm looking forward to a little visiting time!

Otherwise, I am resting a lot, and resting comfortably. Sleeping, and indulging in my latest online discovery - free jigsaw puzzles. At last, I don't have to deal with a rambunctious cat when I do them! And they are easy on the grandma/chemo/morphine brain. You even get to choose how many pieces you want to use, and there is a seemingly endless supply of interesting pictures. I've been to the alps, and to castles, and cottages. Most recently, a trio of charming "bat winged" pumpkins sitting on someone's porch. Certainly I never know there was such a thing. They just looked like gourds to me. This afternoon I came home from treatment, went to sleep on the couch for two hours, woke up, and did puzzles for another two hours. The cat didn't move either.

Moving is a bit of a different story, but, fortunately, I don't need to do a lot of that, and it is endurable as long as I remember to keep on top of my meds.

God Bless you all. May your prayers and warm thoughts be richly rewarded, far beyond the deep gratitude I am feeling for you and them.

Seek the Lord where he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the Lord and he will have mercy on him, and our God will freely pardon.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, 
so are my ways higher than your ways 
and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:6-9

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