I had my chemotherapy appointment today and have come away with a bag load of pills and various items to counteract possible side effects. Hopefully as I am having a relatively low dose (of Capecitibine) to go with the radiotherapy I will not suffer from side effects too much, but it is sill going to take some adjusting to the new regime. Two pills twice a day at the same time each day following food (Monday-Friday -…
Off to meet someone (chemotherapy nurse perhaps - starting to lose track of who does what when!) tomorrow to talk about the chemotherapy course I will be taking to complement the radiotherapy. It is an oral dose so I think I'll be bringing the medication home with me.
I say 'home' but actually we are on holiday this week so I'm traveling over from Center Parcs. It's not ideal because we've decided it…
I am properly in the system and all seems to be running smoothly so far. Apart from a bit of a tour of Northampton General trying to make sense of the lay out, all went well on Tuesday for my first appointment there setting up the radiotherapy.
It didn't take too long: a chat about the therapy, possible side effects and how the system works followed by a quick check of height and weight (shame that hospital scales seem…
Off to Northampton General for the first time tomorrow for planning in advance of radiotherapy starting in just under three weeks time. I think it should all be straight forward: CT scan (no barium this time I'm told!), and marker tattoos to help make sure I am in the same position each time I'm zapped for the radiotherapy.
B will be going with me, even though I said I wasn't sure if he'd find himself twiddling…
First of all, thank you to everyone who has sent a message or posted kind words to me privately or via this site. I'm really grateful for all the support.
I had a good afternoon today, meeting my oncologist and nurse for the first time. B and I had done a lot of reading about what this first phase of treatment (chemoradiation) might involve, but it is good to hear it all from the doc himself.
This could be a relatively…
