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  • #1

    Still here!

    In case anyone was wondering, things seem to be pretty good. I went to the oncologist recently, and she prescribed some pills to be taken daily. They're low doses of chemo. She told me that the medication won't prevent my hair from growing back, which is good.

    However, I have to take this medication for three years.

    I had no idea. Really. It's to prevent recurrence, she told me, which makes sense - but THREE YEARS????

    I also have to have blood tests every week for a month (two down, two to go) so they can make sure the medication isn't having any adverse effects on me.

    Wow, this is really a long slog. But I don't have to have more chemo, and the port has been removed!
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    My wife, who had breast cancer, was told she would be considered cancer-free after five years. So three years does not sound too bad.
    "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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    • #3
      That sounds like progress. Getting your port out is a good sign.
      "I look at the stars. It's a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That's where I'll be going soon. "We are all star stuff." I suddenly remember Delenn's line from Joe's script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That's all."
      -Mira Furlan

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      • #4
        You can do this. Remember, we're all here for (im)moral support!
        "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
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        "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
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        "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
        "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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        • #5
          Yeah get your ports out for the lads!

          What?!
          The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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          • #6
            Quoth Ironclad Alibi View Post
            My wife, who had breast cancer, was told she would be considered cancer-free after five years. So three years does not sound too bad.
            It's the fact that I have to take this medication every day for three years. I threw up four times last week, due to the side effects of it. That's more than when I was undergoing chemo.

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            • #7
              You can do this!

              I know taking the medicine for three years seems like a long time, but if the way this year has been flying by it'll be over before you know it.
              Eh, one day I'll have something useful here. Until then, have a cookie or two.

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              • #8
                It hasn't really flown by for me. What really gets me is that I've had to take anti-nausea medication every day to keep from praying to the porcelain throne.

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