Finishing treatment will pave the way for surgery, which requires at least a month after chemo is completed. I will have three and a half weeks recovery before Christmas so I suspect that most of the side effects will be gone or quite tolerable. How great would it be for me to feel well enough to enjoy the holidays, in a word, HUGE.
To start the healing process Dr.
Goldstein has recommended that for the near future I keep my exercise
to a reasonable level. In my case it will mean no runs over five
miles with the majority falling into the two to three mile range. I
have been looking forward to upping my mileage but I will take the
advice and concentrate on healing.
The next step will be to schedule a
Gastrografin Enema one to two weeks from now. Sound like fun doesn't
it ? Actually it shouldn't be too bad, but as there has been nothing
in the my large intestine for over four months it will be
interesting. The test looks for “leaks” in the intestine,
actually rare, never the less has to be investigated to be one
hundred percent sure. Passing the exam will be gateway to surgery,
I'll be ready but won't be doing any last minute studying. (almost
said cramming, however that might give a totally wrong impression,
seeing what I'm dealing with.)
I have an appointment with a Retina
specialist on the sixth of December to look for eye damage from
chemotherapy. I am fairly confident they will find nothing, believing
the episodes of severe eye pain have been caused by the Oxaliplatin
“messing” with one of the nerves associated with vision, once
removed from the cause hopefully it will stop.
Looks like another hour before I'm
done, my hands and arms “are a buzzing” and I'm somewhat
lightheaded so I'm going to sign off.
Keep Happy Everybody …...........
Mike
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