Today we talked to the Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Eric K. Hansen of Oregon Cancer Specialists at St. Vincent.
I'll be seeing a lot of Dr. Hansen over the next 6 weeks and he'll, well, be seeing more of me than anybody should.
He had the most positive thing to say that any Doctor has said since we found out about the cancer. He said that we have actually caught this thing pretty early in its development and that he thinks there's about a 90% chance of shrinking it, removing it, and not having it bother us again. Them's pretty good odds...maybe we should go to Vegas, Baby!?
Although I'll start Chemo on Monday, and get "mapped" for Radiation on Monday, the actual Radiation regimen won't start until Thursday. He says about 2 weeks into the process, I'll start being very tender in some very tender spots and it will be like having a bad sunburn where the sun don't usually shine...or maybe slightly worse.
While that doesn't sound too fun, I say we fry that little bugger and get on with the next phase...
Have a great weekend!
Victor
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Has he discussed pain killers for said "sunburn"? Here's hoping it isn't a debilitating kind of pain, more of a "I can only sit in this one position" kind of pain.
ReplyDeleteSo, Victor, I would suggest that you don't follow Jeanah's morning ritual of toasting her buns on the Aga! Maybe we could set you up on the other side of the kitchen in the freezer!
ReplyDeleteYa, pain meds as necessary. Hoping won't be unbearable! Can pause Radiation if it gets there...
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