Saw Niall Wednesday, the results of the CT are not good. My lymph nodes are back up, almost 1.5 cm instead of the usual 1cm. This is almost certainly cancer related. The only good news is that since it is over 12 months it means the cancer can be "re-challenged". This means I'm back to a full strength treatment again.
It is not the same full strength because I still have the neuropathy. So instead of cistplatin I'm getting carboplatin. Dosage is 520mg in 1l. According to Niall it is as affective as the cistplatin but not as widely accepted in Australia. Anyway, as he says we have no choice due to the neuropathy. I am still getting the Xeloda though. I'm not sure what the side effects are this time, so wait and see.
So here I am in oncology waiting for the full treatment. At least this time it doesn't take all day. About 3 hours.
I just remembered one of the pre-drugs, it gives you ants in the pants, and they are angry ants. Yes I am now remembering that one. Margaret chuckles when I tell I remember that one.
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