Yesterday marked 3 weeks after Sal's final chemo. In a week she starts radiotherapy.
I have deliberately not been posting to this blog recently as we are now trying to put as much of the treatment behind us. So, with that in mind, I have decided to stop this blog.
This blog has been very worthwhile for me. It has allowed me to vocalise my thoughts as treatment progressed and to get others thoughts and feedback. I…
Finally Sal's 6th and final chemo cycle has arrived. She had the treatment this morning and as it has been on all 6 cycles there was no reaction at all during treatment.
She is in bed now though because again, as with the previous cycles, she gets very tired very quickly and this combined with her getting very little sleep last night from the steroids she is completely shattered.
We have agreed that her Hickman…
We went to the hospital today for the standard review of cycle 5 but also to see the ocologist and radiotheapy planning person to discuss Sal's RT treatment.
This cycle has been OK. More fatigue and nausea but that is to be expected in later cycles. She was given the go-ahead to have cycle 6 - the last cycle!
We talked about her RT treatment. She will have either 3 weeks or 5 weeks of daily treatment (not weekends…
Chemo 5 went ahead without any hitches. Sal doesn't get much in the way of symptoms during the chemo session but she does get a "moon face" from the steriods.
She is quite well today, just waiting for the chemo fog to kick in in the next day or two. She says it is like having several bags of cement on top of her! Mind you, her appetite for ice cream hasn't deminished! Good job the golf is on TV for the…
Again, I haven't posted recently and that is the reflection of things going quite well.
Cycle 4 has been similar to cycle 3 but the symptoms were more severe... more fatigue, more bone ache, more nausea, more muddy mouth taste. Nothing that wasn't manageable but worse than before nonetheless. One thing that was noticable by me was that she had more energy than before after about day 8. This was particularly good…
