I have started on my weekly chemos and daily radiotherapy (RT).
Radiotherapy
2 down, 32 more to go. The RT process is not painful, the side effects are.
The RT room is a very dark room with soothing music and pictures of fishes sponsored by fuji film (I'm not joking). In the middle of it, its where the huge machine stands. I have to lie flat on the platform while the radiologists will align my tatoos to beams. The tatoos were made last week by applying ink, then piercing my skin. They are tiny. When everyone's ready, the radiologist will leave the room and the machine will beam around me. It takes a couple of minutes.
Since the 2 sessions, I have been burning inside. The extend of the beam is rather big because of the size of my tumour. I finally undestand what it means by "A Pain in the Ass".
My fertility will be gone after 4-5 sessions of RT.
Chemotherapy
The chemo that I received today was a mild one. Thank god I have some good veins on the back of my hands. They were nutured from years of battling with the shopping bags. The drips took almost 5 hours today. It hurts when the speed of the flow is increased. And yes, I feel all bloated again.. Docs warned me that I will be very nauseous.
Once again, gotta "Tar Han". This is going to work.
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Hi, Shandy,
Good to see that you are still going strong......may God bless you and I know you are going to make it!
Cheers
Irene
Hi, Shandy,
Glad to hear that you are still going strong and I am sure you will be able to win this battle......still awaiting for you to resume our shopping trips to Robinson......no dinner but we were shopping crazy....and I am sure that your hands will grow much more stronger to russle with those shopping bags.
Cheers
Irene
Dear Shandy,
We hope and pray that you will recover soon! God bless you!
best regards,
Uncle Joe and family
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