Hi everyone
I had my last chemo yesterday and I really can't believe how quickly the time has gone. I can honestly say that the journey so far has not been too bad. I had to spend one night in Christies last week because of neutropenia and a water infection but was allowed out the following day with a course of antibiotics. No sickness, mouth problems or neuropathy just a few joint pains on days 4 & 5. My weight has remained pretty stable, although appetite has been a little up and down. I even still have a few eyelashes but as we say up north "nowt else".
So I now embark on the next stage of my journey and have an appointment with a radiologist on Thursay afternoon at Christies. We were hoping to be back in America before Christmas but my oncologist told that I would need a rest between chemo and radiotherapy. This seems a bit strange to me as I have noticed a few blogs saying that they were having combined radio/chemo!!! I guess we are in their hands and have to follow their advice. I have already told him that we intend renew our visas for another 2 years but come back every 3 months for checkups. If I get symptoms inbetween I can always see someone over there and he can have all my notes faxed over. He reckons that would work ok. Although the chances of it recurring are 60% as it's an aggressive cancer and stage 3, I am determined not to sit around and wait for it to come back.
My husband was reading about the side effects of radiotherapy and when given in the pelvic area it can cause problems with the bladder and bowel. Can anyone throw a bit of light on this for me? I am not sure which area they will zap as everything cancerous was removed when I had surgery in May. The radiologist will probably explain all this tomorrow.
Oki doki guys, wish you all a very happy Wednesday.
Love and hugs
Lorraine
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