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

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Resting and Healing in Room 501

I've been here for two and one half days, and it is probable I will be here for another two and a half.
For this I am grateful beyond words. I was dreading being kicked out and sent home to continue bumbling along with self care and commuting to treatments. Now I have assurance that I will continue to get monitored and cared for until after the final treatment on Friday. I can get my questions answered right away, sometimes before I ask. I can rest and sleep and, as I said before, the bathroom is less than 10 feet away.
Really, I have no other thoughts to share tonight, just my constant feeling of gratitude for this hospital stay in this lovely quiet room with the beautiful view, and the vigilant care and continual encouragement from the staff here.
Without this, the remaining treatment process would indeed be brutal. As it is, it is entirely manageable.
I would ask everyone to join me in an unfathomably huge prayer of thanksgiving for these mercifully pleasant circumstances. And, let's not forget to ask God to go before me, healing me from the treatments, and allowing the treatments to be thoroughly effective in eradicating all cancer from my body.

I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfuylness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalm 57:9-11

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