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Getting a start time set--

Posted on 02/27/2020 4:53:30 AM PST by Bender2

Saw a trifecta of doctors the past two days and a plethra of nurses and technician all aiming me to start chemo and radiation treatments next week on Wednesday.

First, the good news, Monday last PET Scan, says my oncologist, shows the cancer has not spread very far at all and "highly treatable." So my chemo and radiation treatment should only run 4 or 5 weeks he says.

He gave me several new meds including 2 for nausea. However, Carrie, the nurse that will be doing the actual chemo told me that they believed they had mostly got the nausea problem handled. Now, of course, everyone reacts differently, so I will cross my finger and toes while having those two 'no-vomit' pills very close at hand.

I will be seated in a lazy boy type chair for the chemo and using my brand new Bard Power Port they will take a couple of hours to pump in the chemo meds while I sit and re-read my W.E.B. Griffin Brotherhood-of-War novels-- I hope!

Carries says the chemo will lower my resistance, and with the possible coming of Coronavirus being around, I will be wearing a face mask to keep its germs at bay when ever I am out and about. She warned me to steer well clear of anyone sick or sickly looking--

My new heart monitor is a pain. It pings at odd times and I am constantly charging it and the accompanying cell phone that came along to send the data back. On my trip to the radiation folks, it appears I will have to take it off and put it back on some five times a week because of the radiation treatments while I ride the rails of their confounded radioactive dispensing machine. I then went back to my cardiologist and gave the nurse that fitted me with the monitor the news I'd need many, many of the little thingies that mold the monitor to my more than manly chest for the coming five weeks or so. She gave me a dozen and said to come back for more when I needed them.


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To: Bender2

Prayers up.


21 posted on 02/27/2020 6:00:08 AM PST by FES0844
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To: Bender2

Hang in there, fellow cancer brother. I wish I had similar hopeful news to report on my end, but I’m afraid I don’t.

If I had to guess, I’d say I’m past the event horizon now.

Best of luck to you. I hope you kick the crap out of cancer.


22 posted on 02/27/2020 6:18:49 AM PST by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Bender2

I’m glad to hear that your cancer is highly treatable. You’re going through a rough period, but you’ll be up and running soon! Best wishes.


23 posted on 02/27/2020 6:20:47 AM PST by beejaa
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To: Bender2

Godspeed brother!


24 posted on 02/27/2020 6:41:04 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: Bender2

Best of luck.

Sounds like you have all of the cutting edge treatments and a great nurse a lot of prayers.


25 posted on 02/27/2020 6:46:27 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Phil Haney did not kill himself. RIP, Phil!)
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To: Bender2
This sounds great. Still praying for you. 🙏🏻
26 posted on 02/27/2020 7:12:58 AM PST by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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To: Bender2

Thanks for the update Danny.

Continued prayers for your successful treatment and complete healing.

7


27 posted on 02/27/2020 7:20:12 AM PST by infool7 (When you have the Lord, nothing else is important and everything is fascinating!)
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To: Bender2

Joining with you all in prayer.


28 posted on 02/27/2020 7:53:40 AM PST by NanaDory8
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Praying that the treatment is successful and you have minimal to zero side effects. Blessings


29 posted on 02/27/2020 8:28:45 AM PST by DLfromthedesert
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Excellent news, Danny! Thank you for the update and continuing prayers!

trisha


30 posted on 02/27/2020 8:43:21 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Windflier

Praying for you, Windflier...


31 posted on 02/27/2020 8:58:30 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Bender2

I don’t know how much treatments have changed in the past nine years, but the nurses used to give us intravenous Benadryl along with the chemo. It makes you drowsy. Expect to fall asleep in the recliner with the book in your lap. :-)

Praying for you and everyone here fighting this monster...


32 posted on 02/27/2020 9:08:06 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
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Father in Heaven, please grant Bender2 a stress free treatment experience, protect Bender from side effects of treatment and secondary infections. I pray that you guard Bender from the fear of the unknown so common to us all. I pray that you bless Bender and Greg Allen and help them perceive your presence as they work through this. I ask these things in Jesus’name, Amen.


33 posted on 02/27/2020 9:36:39 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: Bender2

I am praying that your upcoming treatment is effective, Bender2, and that you have complete healing. May the Lord apply His healing hand to you.


34 posted on 02/27/2020 10:15:58 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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God Bless You Bender2. I’ll be praying for you every day. I’m good at praying. My youngest son, now 49, had surgery for cancerous polyps last March, and finished his chemo in November. He’s now dealing with neuropathy pain in his hands and feet. It’s a side-effect of the chemo, and they’ve told him it may never go away. He underwent catheterization of the heart on Tuesday, but they found nothing, no blockages that could explain the periodic spiking of his blood pressure, and heart palpitations. He’s had a heart murmur his whole life. He also told me that his oncologist found a spot on his adrenal gland in his last scan, and we are now waiting for her to see him regarding that.


35 posted on 02/27/2020 10:16:27 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Bender2

Dear Father in heaven,

Please bless Bender2 with strength, comfort, and healing in body, mind, and spirit. Send your angels to guard and protect him. Please minimize the ordeal and aggravation of the medical treatment. Keep him in good spirits.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.

Hang in there, Bender2! Stay sassy.


36 posted on 02/27/2020 10:26:02 AM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Bender2

Prayers up that the glory of God me manifested through the complete healing of Bender2!


37 posted on 02/27/2020 11:13:57 AM PST by AzNASCARfan
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To: Bender2

Prayers up and continuing for your speedy recovery.


38 posted on 02/27/2020 11:40:18 AM PST by Silentgypsy (Call an addiction hotline and say you're hooked on phonics.)
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To: Bender2

You literally have the Army behind you.

The prayers are going to keep going out.


39 posted on 02/27/2020 2:11:48 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. ~ Sun Tzu)
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To: Bender2

We are with you FRiend!
Prayers for continuing good news and HOPE!


40 posted on 02/27/2020 5:19:10 PM PST by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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