Today started the ball rolling….woke up early, got blood tests, went for chest x-rays, met Mike (baby son, sorry…but you are the baby) for coffee, off to the auto repair to book new windshield and get body damage fixed (stupid semi kicked up some metal on the road and it whirled into our car driver’s door)….phew…then off to the hospital for more CT scans.
Had to mix iodine with 500 ml water…ugh that tasted like crap…nothing to eat after supper and only clear liquid until the test at 2:45, had to drink 750 more ml at 1:45…and then the nurse gave me another glass of water to drink…starting to float away. At least with this test I got to pee…and pee…and pee!
Ct scan of pelvic area, abdomen, chest and head done…now I can eat. Our anniversary is tomorrow so we had date night tonight. Went to Swiss Chalet for ribs and then over to see Godzilla 3D…awesome. Rick was bored as usual but, what does he know! Now it’s time for bed.
Tomorrow we begin…chemo first thing in the morning followed by radiation…the same thing for Thursday and Friday. Really nervous about the side effects. Also nervous about other things…like…should I be doing something besides the chemo and radiation? I am being told about integrated treatment with large doses of vitamin C…hypothermia treatments etc . Are they “snake oil” treatments….no medical documentation of them working? What happens if I don’t do them…what happens if I do? Questions…questions…questions. I guess I will talk things over with my doctors tomorrow and go from there.
No matter what…I am swimming!
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