My doctor misspoke about my chemo treatments--I'll be getting eight infusions over four months after all instead of the four over two that he had originally said.
I am so sorry to hear this bit of sour news. My experience was that the first eight FOLFOX treatments went like clockwork, though, so the predicted endpoint (though later than you were led to expect) will probably be firm.
That was a painfully unfortunate bit of medical miscommunication. Really really bad communication. But, if you were my loved one, (oh, wait. . . you are), I would want you to get as much cancer killing chemo as possible, cruel as that sounds.
You know, Niebler, I totally agree. In fact, when I got the false news, my second thought was "Four? Is that enough?" I'll get over it, it just means Oscar will be crashing RBF, that fucking foul-mouthed interloper.
When my husband was in the military and would go on his six month deployments, people would be all "Oh, you're so strong, I don't know how you do it, blahblah compassionate noisescakes." The thing is, there is no choice. You put your head down and grind it out and one day you wake up and your life is back to normal.
In December 2007, they found a mass in my rectum. This is My Cancer Deployment.
33yo, primiparous, non-smoking, hypothyroid (dx 12.07), 8+ year pescatarian 1st diagnosed with rectal cancer via colonoscopy on 11.30.07. Despite very low CEA levels (1.0), dx confirmed 12.04.07 via biopsy. Tumor determined to be stage IIIb (T3/N1), 6-7cm from anal verge on 12.11.07 via world's most unpleasant ultrasound.
33 tx of chemorads (3,000mg Xeloda/d), pathology following LAR found no signs of adenoma or carcinoma AND none of the 11 nodes taken out were positive. FUCK YEAH.
Most recently, completed last of 8 treatments of FOLFOX on 8.16.08 and had ostomy reversal 9.5.08.
- 11/30: colonoscopy - 12/21: laproscopic ovary transposition - 12/26: 6 weeks/33 treatments of chemoradiation (last day 2/8) - 3/13: pre-op work-up and CTVP - 3/25: TRUS - 3/28: surgery (LAR) - 4/10: post-op appointment - 4/11: CT scan - 4/14: drain placement - 4/24: port placement - 4/24: 4+ months/8 chemo treatments: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 9/4: CT scan, appts with both onc and surgeon - 9/5: ostomy takedown - commence bowel retraining - port gets taken out at some point...
Once goal of normal pooping is achieved (which may be further in the distance than any of us might think), join us in Iceland or Bermuda somewhere totally kewl for my FUCK CANCER Party
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I am so sorry to hear this bit of sour news. My experience was that the first eight FOLFOX treatments went like clockwork, though, so the predicted endpoint (though later than you were led to expect) will probably be firm.
But your exclamation is worthy.
Gods Damn It.
That was a painfully unfortunate bit of medical miscommunication. Really really bad communication. But, if you were my loved one, (oh, wait. . . you are), I would want you to get as much cancer killing chemo as possible, cruel as that sounds.
BALLS.
You know, Niebler, I totally agree. In fact, when I got the false news, my second thought was "Four? Is that enough?" I'll get over it, it just means Oscar will be crashing RBF, that fucking foul-mouthed interloper.
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