Oncologist Visit

Sue visited the Oncologist today.

One of my worries was that he would tell her chemotherapy would not help – go home

and initially, she tells me, that was what he appeared to be saying.

BUT

NO!

Chemotherapy will start before Christmas. She is to have two kinds – one orally (in the form of a pill) and one intravenously. I don’t know how often – forgot to ask!

The side-effects may be pretty horrible – but we know that already – and the diet she and I are doing will hopefully mitigate some of them.

The surgeon has apparently done such a good job of removing the cancer he could see and that, and having both types of chemotherapy will give her at least a 60% chance of remission. Of course, we are aiming for much higher than that!

She came here today, before her appointment – and is looking really good.

She has lost a heap of weight, but – to be fair – she was a big girl. I dread to think how she might feel had she been tiny before all this.

Also, it makes me realise that ‘what you weigh’ is NOTHING to do with how healthy you are.

She is eating really well – ie heaps of food, but really good food – she says it feels like Christmas everyday – seafood, ham, chicken, steak, lots of salads… She ate a biscuit yesterday, expecting to enjoy it, but didn’t at all lol!.