Hope all is well with everyone! Last Wednesday I had my first appointment (or consultation) with my soon to be Radiology Oncologist. Real cool guy, about 60 years old and a huge OSU football fan.....that took a bit of the edge off!
We discussed some of the very simple things of Radiation (short/long term side effects, how long each radiation session takes, etc....). A lot of the side effects are similar to my chemotherapy, its really the long term side effects that I need to be concerned with. Those are mainly another malignancy and possible lung problems, but the radiologist said that these dont typically arise for another 15-25 years later and the chances are still slim (about 10%).
One thing that really threw me off is that radiation is going to be administered EVERY DAY for 3-4 weeks. The sessions will only take about 30 mins, but the frequency is still a little suprising. Radiation is used on every part of my body where the lymph nodes were cancerous.....for me that means neck and chest.
Radiation will begin about 4 weeks after my last chemo treatment, so the sooner I can get done with chemo the quicker I can get myself into radiation.
I'm heading back into the Cancer Center this Thursday for my 8th treatment. I'll have scans done next Thursday to see how I'm coming along.....fingers crossed!
One final thing......most of you are aware, but some may not be. My beautiful girlfriend, wonderful mom, a number of my family members and a few of my very good friends are organizing a fundraising event. I've included a link to the Evite below, please take a minute to read. It would be great to see you all there, if possible!
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=GRRVCAEPTSXUYJRWEHLC&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6
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