Thursday, January 08, 2009
The Plan
Well, today was my appointment with my oncologist. Originally I had though that treatment would be a piece of cake and after today I find out otherwise. On Monday I have to stop taking my thyroid pill for 2 weeks. I will feel very run down with no energy and probably hate life during this time. I will then have my thyroid levels drawn on the 23rd and if everything is as the good doc wants it to be then treatment will occur on the 27th. If not then I will have to be another week without my medication and have to have my blood levels checked again before we can proceed. When my levels are where they should be I will then be admitted to the hospital to take the radioactive iodine capsule that should kill off any remaining thyroid cells in my body. I will be radioactive for a week or so, but the first 3 days will be spent in the hospital away from everyone. No visitors or anything. I will be in an isolation room and anything I bring in will have to stay there and be disposed of. So the dream of having 3 days of only time to scrapbook has been shattered. When I do return home I will sleep in a different room than Conan and will have to use different hand towels and bathrooms. I will also have to be away from Adrie for another couple of days. I will also have to change my diet for a time. Goodness, I had no idea it would be so hard. I asked my doc how long I would have to wait until we tried for another baby and he couldn't give me a sure answer but it looks like 6 months to 1 year considering all of my post treatment tests come out good. We pray for the treatment time to go by quick and for the cancer to go away and stay away. I didn't realize that thyroid cancer could reoccur. I still have a lot to learn. Please pray for my family during this time. It will be good because God is good and our experience with cancer will only make us stronger.
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Oh my Jay! That does not sound fun! I had no idea that you had to dispose of everything that you bring with you after treatment. I take it no blogging on the laptop either. Boo! I guess bring a bunch of magazines and paperbacks and then throw them out. I hope this all works out and that you'll be feeling better soon! We're praying for you!
Holy Cow, I thought it was going to just be give me my treatment and then go home the next day and wait things out. You have a lot on your plate and hopefully now others will see how serious this is and that you need lots of help, let people help you or I am just going to have to come up there and whip you into shape
Jay, Janelle has been updating me on your statas. what do I say other than you have every right to be gouchy right now. Hopefully it will somewhat go by quickley. I wish we still lived close together and we could all help you. Hang in their.
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