Things have continued to go well, Dal continues to eat well, and has gained more weight. He had his first Herceptin treatment on Friday, which was not the best of experiences.. He went through the treatment fine but once he was told he could go home, he was violently sick.
Over the last two days, he has struggled to feel "himself" but we know that this is the first time his body has been put through this particular treatment…
First Chemo Treatment – Friday 22nd May 2020 – Long
After receiving the phone call to confirm the 2nd Covid19 Negative Test, Dal and his brother left at 10.20am to go to the Hospital. Arriving at 11.30, Dal went in alone to the chemo floor – there he booked into reception, waited for about 1 hour before being called in to the outpatients ward - treatment room – where he waited for the medication to come…
Happy New Year to you all... or at least, I hope it is a good year for many of you.
Last year was the year I had imagined We would never have! after Dal's Diagnosis in May 2020 and the prognosis given, we embraced 2020 with a view that there may not be a 2021 for us, but there was.
2021 brought us many ups and downs, both with Dal's cancer treatment and within our own lives, but it was a year where we threw abandon…
Sorry for my delay in updating the blog, we had the call on October 6th from the lung specialist and were advised that a Biopsy needs to be taken from Dal's right lung to determine the cause of the markers they found during the scan.
So to do this they will perform a navigational bronchoscopy, which is basically a telescope down the throat that is guided by a CAT scan through the veins to the correct area of the right…
Phone call received today, Dal is to go in tomorrow for the pre- assessment and have the Biopsy on Saturday ,, so all happening this week rather than next, which obviously means we should get the results quicker too.
Dal does seem to be bruising easier from small knocks, something to keep an eye on, but overall, he continues to do well.
Things are getting busy in the hospital, times and dates for chemo are changing due…
