Hi Laura again I’ve wrote a few times about my dads journey past few months , and his RC in beginning of September, we had to go and see his consultant today for the pathology results of the op ..
guess what :)
no spread , no lymph nodes involved All cancer removed.
i cried as the anxiety we have had waiting for these results has been awful , dads doing amazing 5 weeks on too for anyone going through this op soon , he’s even exercising again daily , he looks really good !
anyway now the bad news
he’s been advised to have 3 rounds of chemo ( not compulsory) but they think he should as the grade was very high just to “ mop up “ as they called it . Is this a normal thing to do do anyone know ?
e has agreed to the chemo & has been referred but I can tell he’s very uneasy about it
thank you if you read this far 
Laura xx
Owen777 . Hi Laura. Nice to hear from you and good to know dad is recovering well. After any treatment, there is always a minor possibility that there may be an undetected microscopic cell floating around. The aim of adjuvant chemotherapy is as you say to mop up as a precaution. The chemo treats the whole body. I had a different treatment, but did have six sessions of chemo and tolerated it well without any real effects besides a bit of tiredness. The usual drugs used are Gemcitabine and Cisplatin (Gem/Cis) or similar. Some people get some form of nausea but they give you pills to prevent this. Chemo lounges are usually sociable and upbeat and not all doom and gloom as you may imagine. It can be a long day in the chair so dad would need to wear loose and comfortable clothes and shoes. Plenty of snacks and drinks and something to keep him occupied, tablet, mags, phone etc. Although on a drip all day, you are not pumped with drugs all the time. Most of the time it is just a saline solution to keep the kidneys healthy and the drugs just a short time in the middle. I was willing to take everything they could throw at me. I hope this helps and if I can help with anything else regarding chemo, please ask. Best wishes.
