Met up with the oncologist today, just for a check on the blood work and see how I am. I said i got weird aches and he said its just the chemo. Which i knew. It's like the weird aches I had back in the beginning of all this lol from the first chemo.
My blood work though they said looked really good and no nuepogen shot for me. They'll just check it again next friday before chemo and if I need it then I'll get the shot. So probably around the second to last chemo I might get another pet scan to just be sure we are ending at 6 cycles and not continueing to 8. Then sounds like off to visit with a radiation oncologist to determine if they feel I should get rads or not. Rads are a little bit of a harder thing to digest. Side effects that could pop up years down the road are possible lung or breast cancer or luekemia.So it's not really on my top list of things to too. But I chatted with my nurse Geri and she said the risk of a luekemia is generally associated to long term radiation, like months of radiation where i guess mine would probably be a couple to a few weeks, i'm guessing.But the up side to it is that having it done in connection with chemo does seem to put the odds more in my favor of not having a recurrance. Also Geri said that being classical hodgkins nodular sclerosing at stage 2A is a good thing and has like a 90% survival. though I think i remember my doc way back in March sayin the percentages were like 75% and then I read online its like 85%. Now neither of those do i know if they are Hodgkins in general or specific to stage 2a.
so thats what I know
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Ahhh I forgot about Bleo aches, duh, silly me!!!! I used to get back pains as well from the bleo. I'm glad to hear it's nothing to be worried about. Isn't it funny how all those stats are all different -- who knows the real answer. Last I heard was 76% or something. Anywho, I hope you have a fab weekend! I'm going to go try and do some kareoke and maybe treat myself to a drinkypoo- screw the eczema :)
XO
I met with my Onc this week to and she used 85% to 90% when we talked. I'm also Stage 2A. I know what you mean about rads...I personally don't want them. I don't want to chance breast or lung cancer. I'd rather go 2 more rounds of chemo if I could. Other than the aches, it sounds like you are doing pretty good. That's good to hear. Take it easy.
Jane
I really felt like I was the only one. One more thing to add to this crazy cancer. I have an appointment with a surgeon on the 11th of September. I have chemo on the 14th, so I'm not sure when they will want to do it. I don't want it to screw up my treatments. Did you have to hold off on your treatments? Did you watch "Crazy Sexy Cancer" last night? Kris Carr is amazing. To have a cancer that is untreatable and incurable and still live life with such a positive attitude. I hope you got to watch it. I got her book too, its great. I have Chemo tomorrow so it may be a couple days before I'm back on. Have a great weekend.
Jane
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