How is it said? It's the cure that almost killed me? I'm smack dab in the middle of treatment....and I think the statement is true.
When my cancer was first diagnosed, my team of doctors, five in all, came up with a plan to blast the mass. The plan is as follows:
Five day chemo infusion, referred to as a 5-FU, given intravenious (my picc line), while in hospital. http://demo.cancerconsultants.com/Content.aspx?Section=cancernews&DocumentID=37698
At the same time, undergo six weeks of radiation, on an outpatient basis. This radiation is referred to as Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). http://www.mropa.com/imrt.html
Radiation is given five days a week. It's quite simple. I lie on a table and this huge machine hovers over my body in about five positions and zaps me about 100 times. I listen to my iPod and attempt to take my mind to a better place.
At five weeks into IMRT, I will again be hospitalized for the second round of the 5-FU treatment.
If the above treatment does its job right....I will not require surgery. There is a twenty percent chance of surgery. Good odds, don't you think?
So....there you go. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Wish my body could be convinced of that!
When my cancer was first diagnosed, my team of doctors, five in all, came up with a plan to blast the mass. The plan is as follows:
Five day chemo infusion, referred to as a 5-FU, given intravenious (my picc line), while in hospital. http://demo.cancerconsultants.com/Content.aspx?Section=cancernews&DocumentID=37698
At the same time, undergo six weeks of radiation, on an outpatient basis. This radiation is referred to as Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). http://www.mropa.com/imrt.html
Radiation is given five days a week. It's quite simple. I lie on a table and this huge machine hovers over my body in about five positions and zaps me about 100 times. I listen to my iPod and attempt to take my mind to a better place.
At five weeks into IMRT, I will again be hospitalized for the second round of the 5-FU treatment.
If the above treatment does its job right....I will not require surgery. There is a twenty percent chance of surgery. Good odds, don't you think?
So....there you go. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Wish my body could be convinced of that!
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