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I met with the oncologist. He said I seem to be doing better than average. He said not many people can do the chemo and still work like I do. It’s a nice complement, but I don’t feel that unusual. I’m just stubborn beyond belief and I refuse to knuckle under to this thing. He said, “Let’s hope the cancer is not a stubborn as you are.” I’m doing my best to will this thing out of my body. If I had the ability, I would reach into my lung and rip it out with my own bear hands.
He wants me to get a CT scan before my next meeting with him I will also get an MRI on the head. Depending on the results of the CT scan he will determine what to do next. If the parasite shows more shrinkage, then he would do three more treatments. If it doesn’t, then he may change up the chemo treatment.
He said that since there are cancer cells throughout the plural lining, removing the parasite would not help. He also said that injecting chemo directly into the parasite may not help either. If there is some deadness in the parasite, the injection might go into the dead part and that wouldn’t help. He said at some point they will want to do a PET scan. That seems to be a good test for parasite activity.
The nurse this morning took two tries to find a vein. All my efforts to hydrate myself yesterday were to no avail. She has started near the inside of my elbow, but couldn’t connect to a vein. She did, however, find a vein near the back side of my thumb. I can still type and that’s the important part.
I’m a little frustrated in that there are two unsecured wireless networks in the area, but the signal strength is very low and I can’t make a good enough connection to access them. I’ll have to beat on the oncologist to add a WiFi hotspot to his office. Somehow I think my suggestion will fall on deaf ears. I have also tired my new Verizon wireless network card, but I can’t make it work correctly. When I try to connect it just tells me it can’t connect.
Currently their dripping the 50 mg of Benadryl into me and I’m starting to feel the effects. During the last treatment I inadvertently found that coffee helps to counteract the Benadryl, but it’s not a cure-all. I can feel the Benadryl starting to whack me.
Posted by The Vorlon at February 1, 2006 10:52 AM