Need to share with this group.
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Just venting. Think I just hit a wall in my treatment. I don't know why it happened but it did. Couldn't sleep to save my ass, even the prescription meds didn't work. How I felt was so up and down all week, everyday, got to me. Ive stayed positive thru all this, but even this week my mind was racing, even thinking about the inevitable. With the new year upon us, now I'm freakin scared. Scared that when I have the CT scan it will show that the spots on the liver haven't changed. Then I worry about Kris and Kate, family and friends living without me. Kris said alot of what I'm feeling is part of the side effects of the one chemo drug. I just don't know anymore. Treatment is tomorrow, so will talk with the doctor then. Just had to get this off my chest.
Talk with oncologist today. Looks like I'll be on some type of treatment for the rest of my life. Then CT scan at the end of month before my 8th treatment. So then we well see.
Thanks for listening guys.
Talk with oncologist today. Looks like I'll be on some type of treatment for the rest of my life. Then CT scan at the end of month before my 8th treatment. So then we well see.
Thanks for listening guys.
Dont let your imagination or your thoughts run wild. Steer back to the course you were doing good on. The universe of terrible outcomes is infinite. Keep that door closed. You will do fine.
As for handling side effects, homeopathy, acupuncture, and medical marijuana are very viable options. Ask your doctors about them.
As for handling side effects, homeopathy, acupuncture, and medical marijuana are very viable options. Ask your doctors about them.
Thanks guys. February CT scan went good. Tumor in my esophagus is 85 to 90 percent gone, lymph nodes near stomach showed no signs of cancer in them. Biggest is the liver. Spots on my liver have shown significant reduction in size and some have disappeared completely. Liver is also back to normal shape and size. So that was a great relief to my wife and I. Couple more months of chemo to go.
Started back to work Feb 22. Only working PT for now. It was harder than I thought. 4 hours felt like 12 hrs. I was whooped big time. Also had the stent removed, since it ended up in my stomach. Yeah, that sucked. 24/7 upset stomach.
Thanks for the support and prayers, much appreciated.
Started back to work Feb 22. Only working PT for now. It was harder than I thought. 4 hours felt like 12 hrs. I was whooped big time. Also had the stent removed, since it ended up in my stomach. Yeah, that sucked. 24/7 upset stomach.
Thanks for the support and prayers, much appreciated.
Well I'm home from the hospital. Been a rough 4 days. I had a great doctor, he explained every test and procedure. Made sure we well informed and and answered any questions we had about anything. I thanked him for being very persistent on figuring why I was getting fevers on and off. I have an inflamed gallbladder. After bunch of tests, they installed a drain into my gallbladder to drain it and help it calm down. I have to have it in for 4 weeks to start, then they will see when the inject fluid into it, that the fluid goes thru the bile duct. They are leaning towards maybe one of the spots on my liver is closing off the bile duct. Which unfortunately means it's removal. It makes things worse due to the spots being so close to where the small incision locations will be and exposing the spots to air. So it maybe risky, but one day at a time right now.
