Richard - WEEK 5 DAY 1.... MONDAYS ARE BEST and i say that cause i always feel the best on monday mornings. finally figured it out.
fridays i am crawling to the finish line, saturdays i rest and recoup all day, sundays i go out a bit and come home to rest and recoup some more.
so i have had 2 days without chemo/rad to rest and recoup---it no wonder that i am raring to go come mondays
i went without ointment and/or litocane....just turned the bootie toward the a/c and stood/squated … more…
Type: Anal Cancer
Richard - WEEKEND FOLLOWING THE END OF 4TH WEEK so its sunday around 7pm and i am catching up on my postings.
so on friday nite after taking the evenings HUGE HORSE SIZED PILLS...... i decided that i would stop taking the anit-nausea and the pain pill for the weekend and see how i felt.
woke up saturday morning and no pills...had my ham and cheese sandwich with Bushs Boston baked beans and as i am going every week...just laid around the house sleeping/resting/reading. i had a light lunch of rice … more…
Type: Anal Cancer
Richard - WEEK 4 DAY 5..... A TALE OF 2 DOCTORS "bedside" manners go a long way in helping a patient to stay positive and forward looking.....
monday i met with my chemo dr. -- she asked the ususal questions and i asked what happens after the treatment ends.
so she begins telling me that they will do a scan--pet,cat, ??? around 6 months out and if it shows signs that its still deseased--they will most likely have to do a salvage operations---THE DREADED APR---rip out my rectum, all of the anus including … more…
Type: Anal Cancer
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Type: Anal Cancer
Richard - WEEK 4 DAY 4 ..... SMOOTH SAILING i had a wonnerfully fantastico day this day. woke up feeling peppy and got to rad easily. actually made it thru 4pm without dragging myself to and afro.
funny thing is that on the way back from the VA i stop at the local store and have them juice me up 2 carrots, spinich, cucumber, and beet..... while i was waiting for th juice, i ventured over to the ice cream section to check out the selection. i only like vanilla … more…
Type: Anal Cancer
Silvana - Relapse, any suggestion? I did R-CHOP treatment last year. The relapse came in march 2018. Then followed Dexa Beam treatment as preparation for transplantation, but the PET scan after the treatment showed progression of the disease, with new lymph nodes affected in several regions (neck, around lungs and in my stomack). Now transplantation became impossible. I started a new treatment RIC, and thats where I am now.
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Type: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Richard - WEEK 4 DAY 3 .... IS ALL HELL BREAKING LOOSE??!! had my usual morning routine and all went well at the VA rad. procedure.
got home around 11am and had a terrific headache which i think is being caused by my HERPETIC KERATITIUS in my right eye that i have had for the last 30 years or so.... if flairs up and becomes active under stressful conditions and i think its FLAIRED UP WITH A BANG. so i am taking ACYCLOVIR every 5 hours to make it recede. i always have … more…
Type: Anal Cancer
Richard - WEEK 4 DAY 2 .... ITCHIE INNER THIGHS so my inner thighs where they meet the adomin are reddish and HOT TO THE TOUCH....not a bad sensation as of yet...
the booty itching is doing alright, after bowel movements, i use warm water to clean and then cold water to kinda cool things down.
i have not been using any ointments/creams in the morning because of the radiation.
still have my appitite and the nausea is under control with the anti-nausea med i take every 8n hours--ONDANSETRON DISINTEGRATING TABLETS.
i think … more…
Type: Anal Cancer
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