Last week was hard. My portacath surgery was delayed by 5 hours of hunger, thirst and boredom while my surgeon dealt with a case before mine that apparently was more complex than expected. The next morning I had chemo using the new unhealed port. The chemo drug Cisplatin made me feel very sick and weak. I was on nausea meds that helped but I had no appetite and was weak.
I kept up with radiation treatments and lay in bed the rest of the time.
I lost 7 lbs lying on my back in one week.
Thankfully my appetite is back and energy is returning.
Today I returned from a check up at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. My sarcoma doctor, Robert Benjamin, and staff were pleased by how well I was. Dr Benjamin thinks the spots on my lungs we have been following are old and not a cancer spread.
I go back end of October for a PET, recheck with my orthopedic oncologist, Patrick Linn, and see Dr Benjamin again.
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