- No more NotChemo
- A couple more saline drip hydrations, as needed
- Four more radiations
- Expect a bad week the week after treatment stops (because the medicine doesn't stop, so he might get a little worse still) :-(
- Expect things to start recovering slowly after that—full recovery could take up to a year. He will continue on the feeding tube until food and water starts to actually taste good.
- Follow up with oncologist in a few weeks
- Follow-up PET scan in three months--this is where we will find out how well the treatment did its job. You have to wait a little while because the radiation keeps working after the treatment stops, and if you do it too soon, it might show cancer that wouldn't be there even a month or two later.
- Wait
- Wait
- Wait (and so on)
Vic's oncologist is very pleased with Vic's progress over these seven weeks. As the doctor said, "You still have a little smile on your face and a little twinkle in your eye—and that's something we don't always see at this point." It made me so happy to hear that! This is Vic with his oncologist:
The doctor asked that we not put his name in the blog because he didn't want the FBI to find him. I'm sure their facial recognition program won't work on the blog.
And here is Bert, another of Vic's stellar nurses. She has been taking such good care of him during his NotChemo—all the nurses have, of course!
And here we are just before the final treatment:
He got some excellent stickers for this last treatment (have I mentioned that this was his last treatment?):
And then he fell asleep and I wrote the blog! All in all, a good day.
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So incredibly happy for you two to have made it so far. What a surreal summer. Yay, Vic & Patty! Vic, are you sick of ice cream yet? I can make some homemade stuff and ship it up to Longmont.
It's true! I see the twinkle. "The force is strong with this one."
Thinking thoughts of comfort, strength and healing in this last week and always, always, always...
You go, Vic. Glad that part is over for you. Let me know when you're ready forpizza and I'll deliver.
Whoohooo, Vic!! I think about you often and all I can think is how honored I am to know you and P.Lo. Hugs to you both!
Yahoo!!!! Now it's off to the Lunar Four Seasons for some well deserved R&R!
Has Vic ever said "my mouth's bleeding, Bert!"? You know, just for the fun of it?
Wendy: Vic says homemade ice cream is the first thing he's going to want when he gets his taste back--we'll keep you posted. (Don't tell Mary--I'm going to tell her pizza is his first thing.)
GerRee: hahahahahaha. Nice keeping with the theme.
Mary: Vic says pizza is the first thing he's going to want when he gets his taste back--we'll keep you posted. (Don't tell Wendy--I'm going to tell her homemade ice cream is his first thing.)
Abby: Thank you thank you--you always make me smile!
Colleen: Nice hugs!!!!!!!
Seth: Man, that Lunar Four Seasons is sounding pretty nice right about now. And if Bert is in today, we very well may use that line on her. It is, after all, a wonderful life.
Everyone: THANK YOU! Only three more treatments left and the healing can *really* begin.
I'm repeating an earlier posting of mine because it is SOOOO appropriate... everybody... GIMME a "V"! ("V"!)... GIMME AN "I"!! ("I"!)... GIMME A "C"!!! ("C") What does it spell??? VIC seriously kicking cancer's ASS!!! hip hip hooray!!!!
And a cheer goes to you too, Patty and Lovely Wags... you both are the BEST side kicks anyone kicking (whisper) cancer's ass would ever need... fingers crossed the the road to recovery is tolerable and success is waiting at the end... love to you all!!!
much love... Wendy
Okay, you can have a little time to get used to not having treatments but then it's up into the mountains to see the aspens in color!!!
Wendy B: THANK YOU!
Norma: I'm hoping Bryan will get him up to the mountains when he comes out.
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