Posted by David Poncelow
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:26:57 GMT | 2 comments
I’ve been really bad about writing here over the last couple of months, for a couple different reasons. I find that I have a hard time writing about something for public consumption that I don’t quite understand yet, and I’ve had quite a bit of processing to do.
As of Monday I’m done with radiation, (and I’m quite happy to be done). I’m doing OK, though it’s a bit painful as my skin renews itself. Luckily my skin held up quite well, and it’s only been the last few days that I’ve had any problems.
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Posted by David Poncelow
Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:14:27 GMT | 2 comments
I received my last treatment of Taxol yesterday. It went well, and it’s such a relief to have that part of all of this over with. It was a pretty easy treatment… the Taxol always seems like such a long time, as it goes in over three hours. That plus the visit with the oncologist, the blood test beforehand, and all of the pre-medications makes it stretch out interminably. I sat in the treatment room with a rather nice and enjoyable (and talkative!) guy this time.
The nurses were all so sweet, too- they brought me a piece of cake with a candle in it and sang ‘happy last treatment to you’ to me. I know that I’ve gone on about how well taken care of I’ve felt at Swedish, but I really have been cared for by some remarkable people.
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