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For some reason I’m feeling really tired tonight. I really wish I could get a visit from the Vorlon Dog. The Vorlon Wife says he looks so sad, when she has to leave him behind. My heart goes out to him.
I’m getting some conflicting advice from my medical team and that concerns me a bit. At least I’ve eliminated radiation for the moment.
I just realized I have chemo this Friday. That one snuck up on me. Tomorrow I’m going to have a mediport installed in my chest. I’m running out of veins in my arms for IV’s. The chemo doesn’t help your veins.
I thought I had made the decision to not have the talcum powder treatment to my lung, but in a brief conversation with the lung guy that may not be the right decision. I need to go back and review that decision with the surgeon.
The last week, Monday in particularly, seems like a blur and I don’t know why.
I’ve got to hurry up and get my stuff together for my hyperthermia treatment on Friday. When I describe it to my oncologist he sort of rolls his eyes. I suspect he’s seen a lot of quack cures and is afraid this is another one.
Posted by The Vorlon at November 27, 2006 7:56 PMDONT GO TO FAST MAN, TAKE YOUR TIME FOR EACH STEP.
MAURICIO.
I'm not sure what your oncologist has actually said to you about the hyperthermia treatment (besides roling his eyes) but my guess is that yes, he has seen a lot of quack cures and see's this as one also. I've done some reading on this as well since you brought it up, never heard of it before. It looks like there are some definite risks that he may be concerned with, but you know, dumping chemotherapeutic drugs and radiation into a body has it's down side too. My guess is that there's also a bit of snobbery involved, i.e., some of the medical field may not feel that the hyperthermia treatment is "real" medicine regardless of how much testing has been done . . . and they never will.
Good luck! We love you both!!
Nora
Posted by: Nora at November 28, 2006 6:40 AMTed,
Nora brings up some good points. I think that snobbery has quite a bit to do with it. The ancient Chinese and Indians found various cures for items that teams of medical doctors can't explain. That doesn't mean they are bad. The bottom line is that you are the one the must decide what you feel is best for you.
As always, your friends and family supports your decisions.
Posted by: Reb Orrell at November 28, 2006 8:17 AMFor those confuseed who Mauricio is. In 1970 he was an exchange student from Bogota Columbia who stayed,lived and worked on Ted's folks farm for 1 year. To learn all about dairy farming in America. He returned to columbia. Mauricio Gomez has recently Pur. a computer so he can communuicate from Columbia with his American family