@sneakypete
I recall you said it will be some months to see how you are doing.
@Cyber Liberty The docs seem pleased,and physically I seem to be doing a little better,but the chemo kicks my butt. The surgeon told me before my first session that the chemo would immediately kill half the cancer cells in my body,and that I would start feeling better almost immediately.
Of course,I didn't believe her,but damned if she wasn't right. Started feeling better the very next day,and it got better for a couple more days.
Then the other shoe dropped. Lethargic,confused even more than usual,CRS,and maybe just a tiny bit cranky. Was just starting to get better from that,and right back in the hospital for more surgery. To my chest this time. Had a lung that would fill with 2 quarts of water every 5 days or so,and leave me gasping for breath,and then having to have it tapped and drained again. Went through that 4 times and they decided to take a more serious approach. I don't understand this,but was told today by the surgeon who did it that she opened my chest and sprayed talcum powder between my lung and my chest cavity and then pumped air into my lung to see if it would stick to the chest wall like it is supposed to. If it didn't,they were going to install a valve and a hose so I could drain it at home. Found out today the talcum powder worked when I went back to see that surgeon again and she told me it worked and all I needed was to have the stitches pulled.
Still not sure she wasn't pulling my leg,but it is now 7 days later and I am breathing good and there is no trace of fluid in that lung.
Talcum powder? Hooda thunk it?
No more appointments this week,but 3 next week. Going to try to mostly lay around and nap. Who knew that cancer would make you tired and listless?
Got another 6 hour chemo session coming up on the 25th,and a shorter one on the 26th. These sessions are great. It's what happens a couple of days after them that you don't want to think about.
Of course,being in my 7th decade of excellence isn't a big help,either. If I had any idea I was going to live this long I would have had more fun and taken more chances when I was younger.