Next Phase
Hi, after 6 months of Chemo treatment I am now at the next phase of my treatment. My specialists have decided to go with Radio therapy prior to my surgery, it will most likely be for 5 weeks but I wil...
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I did have a sore throat. While at the time it feels like it is your whole world I can say that my worries didn't match up with what happened.
I had a dear friend who dies of lung cancer several years ago. When it was suggested I have radiotherapy to my neck I had a shit fit because I remembered how damaging it was for Trish. Completely different cancer and treatment but as soon as I heard radiotherapy and neck in the same sentence I started stockpiling avocados ( assuming that's all I would be able to eat) That was pretty silly, but that's where my head was. In the end it wasn't fun, but it started late and stopped pretty quickly.
We can only hope for the best and this stuff gives us the best chance of survival. For me, the fatigue is the worst thing about that phase of treatment. I drove myself 200km a day for 6 weeks to do it, but it's only now, a month later, that my tiredness is starting to be a problem. I'd thought I'd have it sorted by now. Too impatient, apparently.