Information overload....... Again
Day 15- after round three.
Well everything is set for me to start the new chemo mix next Tuesday!
Spent the afternoon at the Cancer Centre. First stop the radiotherapy Professor. What a lovely man, explained everything in detail and given information to read. He would like to wait until after my next surgery to start Radiation. I will have daily doses for 25 days.....I thought I may dodge this bullet, but not to be thanks to my history, type of cancer and node involvement.
He also asked that my surgery be bought forward soon after chemo finishes, so I will have time to heal in time for radiation...He doesn't want to wait too long.I wasn't due to see my surgeon until August, so that means I now have to call my surgeon to arrange a consultation asap!
We discussed at length the different procedures (surgery) and what can and can't be done radiation wise with each different one. This new treatment order has all come about because I have pretty much decided, under the guidance and information given to me regarding my cancer that it is highly likely to return, that I will undergo a double mastectomy and reconstruction.
Next stop my Oncologist. She explained the side effects and protocol of the next phase of treatment, Docetaxel and given more information to read. Pretty much looking at the same side effects with a few extra thrown in! Boooo!
Last stop the hospital Pharmacy where we were given more information read and went through the side effects etc of the new drug again.
My brain is now a jumble of words going round and round....I guess I won't fully absorb it until it all starts to happen.....sorry if this post sounds jumbled!
Hubby and I are exhausted! Trying not to think to far ahead like i'm always told......but that's impossible!........so we are going out to dinner....pity i can't have a drink :/ .....don't think I'll sleep too well tonight!
Xx
