Cycle no.2 again isn't too bad. We have the most wonderful registrar Kate. She always takes a lot of time to answer our questions in great detail.
I have my hickman line inserted for this cycle. This wasn't pleasant at all, they had quite a bit of trouble getting the dilaters down my vein and it took a bit longer than usual. I know it will be worth it though as there will be much less needles involved in my treatment. Once it's in I go for an x ray to check it's position. As I leave the room I catch a glimpse of my x ray on the computer screen. I'm pretty sure it looks like my tumour is smaller as it's not pushing on my windpipe anymore, in fact I think it looks like it's about 15mm or more away from my windpipe. A smile creeps over my face as I tell Davy what I think I saw.
When we arrive back to my room Kate is in there and she has a massive smile on her face. She says "Do you want some good news?" and I know I was right about it getting smaller. We both let out a couple of excited squeals and she shows us the x ray beside the one I had in january. It appears to have reduced a good wee chunk in all directions :) My chemo is working!!! There was a 50/50 chance it would work and it is!! And it looks like it's working really well, after only once cycle. I measure how much it has reduced with my finger and then take five more of them off the tumour and it's gone, if the chemo works that well every time there would be no tumour left at then end! Maybe they were wrong and chemo will cure it....? :oD
No comments:
Post a Comment