Today was my third radiation treatment. Nope, I'm not "glow-in-dark", yet. I think I counted five different "shots" each about eight seconds. Today seemed to just rush by much faster than the first two. My Bride was in the waiting area today and was impressed at the amount of time it didn't take.
Yesterday I began my new regimen of CHEMO. Now I'm taking two drugs (one new, one old).
The whole thing was about 3 hours. Low doses but one of them is really slowly dripped. We did manager to cut a few minutes off of it because we were going to run into my radiology appointment time.
Haven't noticed much in the way of side effects from either treatment type. I'm sure something will be coming along some day soon. I'm just hoping that it's not much. My guess is that I will lose my hair this time. One of my chemo drugs is good at causing this. Artificially acquired alopecia.
I once worked with a guy that had alopecia. He didn't have a hair. Well, he did have one, sometimes, on the top of his head. No eyebrows, eyelashes, facial hair, arm hair, etc. I do cut my hair short but not that short.
We have a female friend who has offered the use of one of her wigs in the event that I do lose it all.....her head is smaller than mine and she isn't a blond, which I've always wanted to be. Why?? Because I can probably have some comebacks for all of those blond jokes.
I have gotten verbose so 'tis time to quit for today. Until later, remember to hug your spouse and kids. Every night before bed tell them how much you love them. Give your thanks to God above for all that you have.
PS: EATJR, if you're reading this; I never have been able find the article you recommended.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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