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Yesterday was session 2 of radiotherapy. I had asked for morning appointments and they've booked me in for 8am for virtually the rest of them which seemed like a less appealing option until I realised that it actually cut down the waiting by a ridiculous amount. There was still a lot of faffing on. I think it's just in a bit of an awkward place. That morning my name had apparently been changed to Christine. You can tell I wasn't all there, because I turned to Hairy and genuinely checked that Christine...
I was diagnosed with terminal, advanced stage 4 non-small cell Lung Cancer nearly two years ago. Leading up to this diagnosis I had been ‘fit and healthy’; I was playing sport and going to the gym two or three times a week. I walked my dog every day up a very steep hill and enjoyed very long walks in the Pennines and the Lake District. I had a great job, which I loved, and a very happy and stable family life.
About a year before my diagnosis, I started getting some pain in my right...
That lesser known Crowded House song.
Today has been a bit of a long day. I've seen the radiology band (there were 5 of them), the oncologist and the GP.
The GP was seen last and honestly I want harm to come to one of us after my most recent chat with him. How does a man who claims to be so caring get off with being such a condescending moron?! I probably need to explain a little but essentially he's been seeing me regularly for over a year because left unmedicated I'm a little unpredictable...
I ought to be asleep but apparently my brain thought better of that and decided lying awake thinking about the lymph nodes in my neck was infinitely more interesting. Radiotherapy starts in just under 6 hours so I ought to get some sleep but it's looking doubtful. People can survive, albeit in a really crazy hallucinating way without sleep for a fair while so I think I'm safe.
I'm hoping the lymph nodes in my neck haven't decided to get bigger because of the lymphoma and rather I've got...
Last blog entry: "what is remission?" So I'd better update.
Saw my onco today. PSA back up to 9.4, lowest 2.9 in April. Abiraterone running out of steam. Offered RT for pain in what the Transatlantics call the Butt. Onco says there was activity in the bone scan there, months ago and so he'll put me back in the microwave to see if that will help. Chemo is getting a little closer but he says he will review me after the RT and in a month's time as usual. He answered my question...
