So, i met with my oncologist today…
I will need to do chemo, and i will lose my hair, so the angryslacker’s Sinead O’Conner fantasy will come true FINALLY! Ha Ha Ha
Right now, if i did nothing i would have about a 60% chance of getting cancer again. Chemo lowers that by about 20% and radiation by another 15% or so.
I will have a bunch of tests done prior to make sure i don’t have cancer anywhere else in my body. Also, she said it was ok to wait until the beginning of July to actually start the Chemo, we will get to go to the family reunion in Illinois next month, that we are Very excited about!
Once started, the chemo will take 16 weeks (Every other week), and then i will also need to do radiation. They can’t happen at the same time because the chemo lowers the immune system, and can make the burning from the radiation react funny.
The Doc said during chemo i will be at about 50% my usual energy, and will feel kind of like i have a cold, but hopefully during radiation I will be ok to start working again.
What a bizarre experience this is! It is hard to explain….but even sitting here with healing scars from my surgery-it almost seems like it’s not really happening to me, some how I am just reading about this happening to someone else….
so the test results for the bone and body scan came back negative, i’m all clear!
Anyway-I love you guys! Hope all is well with you!
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