Category Archives: hospitals

do-it-yourself doctor

16 Thursday Jul 2009

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diy doctor

Just call me Dr az.

I went to see the oncologist yesterday. Dr Ana is on holiday so I saw one of my original colon cancer oncs. As I mentioned in my summer holidays post, I’ve had very bad reactions to the last three infusions of Oxyplatin and so I decided that for the sixth and final round of chemo I’d just take the Xeloda chemo pills and forgo the infusion. When I told my friend/student/GP Agustín this the other day he went all doctory on me and said this wasn’t a decision I should make without the advice of my oncologist. So I gave that a shot and I’m not surprised at all how things went…

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for now…

24 Wednesday Jun 2009

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time

… I seem to be on the mend.

After I got my pre-chemo bloodwork done yesterday morning I stopped by to see Ricardo (of The Team, and head of nuclear medicine). He told me that my latest PET scan had come back normal, that there was no sign of the two tumours they had seen in March. I’ll find out today when I talk to Dr Ana what they have in mind for further treatment, but it will probably mean completing the last two rounds of chemo, and after that …

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another month!

21 Sunday Jun 2009

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july 2009
Two down, one to go (well okay, one & a half …)

So okay, remember last week when I told you the wonderful news about my friend “Bob” very generously sending me a donation that was enough to see me through a whole month, so I could spend that time focusing on healing and getting through the chemo? Well, guess what? I have just been given another month!

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radioactive az

19 Friday Jun 2009

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pet_combined

Going for another PET scan today.

Not looking forward to it, especially as I can’t have any coffee or brekky before I go. The good news is that the appointment is at 8.15 in the morning so there shouldn’t be much of a wait, but it also means I have to miss my yoga class today. And I’m told they can’t use my port to inject the radioactive FDG isotope, so I have to get it in the hand!!! Hopefully “one-poke” Manolo will be there – that guy is amazing.

Well, it’s going to be a full morning at the hospital. Catch you all later…

a day at the hospital

11 Thursday Jun 2009

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day at the hospital

It was just supposed to be a routine appointment.

[warning: long, rambling and not very interesting
– just the way it actually happened!]

Last January when I had my post-surgery check-up I mentioned that since the operations (this had been my third in seven months) I’d been experiencing a painful burning sensation along the outside of my right thigh when I was in bed. I couldn’t remember if I’d had it before the ops, and the surgeon thought it was worth me getting it checked out. Though he clearly didn’t think it was too serious as my appointment with neurology was made for six months later. Yesterday, in fact. Of course, last January I didn’t know I’d be back on chemo . . .

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