My doctor tells me that sometimes by this point in this chemo regime they have to stop because the patient simply can't take any more. I'm trying to decide if that makes me feel good about feeling like hell...
That happened to my Mom. The chemo overwhelmed her. She stopped, never got anything back, and died in hospice a few months later. The cancer would have been the cause of her death eventually, but the chemotherapy speeded things up.
Fortunately, this is a serious "just in case". They thought they got clean edges on everything in the second surgery. And I suspect they are hitting me hard now because if it reoccurs when I'm older I will have less ability to take it. But now there's so much weakness in my feet, legs, and hands that I suspect I'll have to have physical therapy. And I have to force myself to eat.
That happened to my Mom. The chemo overwhelmed her. She stopped, never got anything back, and died in hospice a few months later. The cancer would have been the cause of her death eventually, but the chemotherapy speeded things up.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, this is a serious "just in case". They thought they got clean edges on everything in the second surgery. And I suspect they are hitting me hard now because if it reoccurs when I'm older I will have less ability to take it. But now there's so much weakness in my feet, legs, and hands that I suspect I'll have to have physical therapy. And I have to force myself to eat.
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