Chemo Time
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 10:29 am
Hello folks,
Well, sorry I've not been online much. Too much to do, and now it is online marking, so I'll have even less time.
The last time I told you all about my health I was in remission from the prostate cancer. Well, it's been hiding and it is like a prisoner in a cell who has just woken up and is yelling abuse at the police. The answer is radical: kill the prisoner, so I'm starting chemotherapy on June 13, the routine being one Monday a dose and 2 Mondays off, then repeat for ??? sessions. I am assuming that the routine will continue till Xmas.
There is certainly something confined to a small region of my left hip - a metasasis in the bone. But I have had no pain, apart from what I'd expect with all the bending and so on. The chemo is Taxotere, which is less aggressive than many and more so than some. I have been told to expect to live a normal life, but I am well aware that I need to be careful of getting infection in the middle of the cycle.
If you are answering this, please forgive me if you don't hear from me. Marking, sleeping, getting what exercise I can, especially on the allotment, and being chair of governors will all take up more than the time I have. But that is all to the good.
One thing I can +ly recommend to anyone in my situation is a visit to a homoeopath. The one I went to is most impressive and much of what she says is precisely what the oncologist would say. I'm now on a gluten-free and [more surprisingly] soya-free diet, with some magic liver and kidney boosting substances, which i imagine that NB and those like her would say "Well, of course!". There are a couple of hocus-pocus style substances she's given me, but I am inclined to think highly of her, so I will trust her substances too.
Best to all of you. Wish me luck.
mike
Well, sorry I've not been online much. Too much to do, and now it is online marking, so I'll have even less time.
The last time I told you all about my health I was in remission from the prostate cancer. Well, it's been hiding and it is like a prisoner in a cell who has just woken up and is yelling abuse at the police. The answer is radical: kill the prisoner, so I'm starting chemotherapy on June 13, the routine being one Monday a dose and 2 Mondays off, then repeat for ??? sessions. I am assuming that the routine will continue till Xmas.
There is certainly something confined to a small region of my left hip - a metasasis in the bone. But I have had no pain, apart from what I'd expect with all the bending and so on. The chemo is Taxotere, which is less aggressive than many and more so than some. I have been told to expect to live a normal life, but I am well aware that I need to be careful of getting infection in the middle of the cycle.
If you are answering this, please forgive me if you don't hear from me. Marking, sleeping, getting what exercise I can, especially on the allotment, and being chair of governors will all take up more than the time I have. But that is all to the good.
One thing I can +ly recommend to anyone in my situation is a visit to a homoeopath. The one I went to is most impressive and much of what she says is precisely what the oncologist would say. I'm now on a gluten-free and [more surprisingly] soya-free diet, with some magic liver and kidney boosting substances, which i imagine that NB and those like her would say "Well, of course!". There are a couple of hocus-pocus style substances she's given me, but I am inclined to think highly of her, so I will trust her substances too.
Best to all of you. Wish me luck.
mike