For the last couple of weeks we have had an elephant in the room with us. The tests the oncologists ordered were not only to see if Donna could withstand the rigors of chemo, which we were fine with, but there was also a darker reason for them, to see if the cancer had metastasized to her bones or other places.
Today was truly “Good” Friday for us, as we found out that we dealing with nothing extra, just your run of the mill breast cancer. She will still have 4 sessions of AC chemo, followed by the 6 weeks of radiation to make sure there is not one single cancer cell left anywhere in her body. Because her cancer was ER+, after that she will be on Tamoxefin or similar for 5 years to foil any more cancer.
Although there are a list of side effects as long as your arm for each of the two drugs she will be getting, Adriamycin and Cytoxan, each person will have different reactions to the medicines. Hair loss is almost always a given, but we are physically prepared with out scarfs, turbans and hair tidbit. Nausea is another, but they have so many different anti-nausea drugs out there we should hopefully be able manage that.
Right now we both have a positive attitude about this and from all we have read, that is a big help in getting through this. Later when Donna is actually dealing with the chemo and the attitude slips some, then it will become my job to prop it back up. I don’t have a definite plan on how to do that right now, I’ve considered ordering “Clowning for Dummies” from Amazon.com, but any other suggestions are welcome…
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