I will be having an appointment with my Med-Oncologist tomorrow and I had gone to TTSH yesterday to have my blood taken for tests and at the same time have my porta-Cath flushed to keep it patent.
I had originally intended to post only after the appointment with my Med-Oncologist and sort of “save” one post but the last couple of days were horrible with the pain in the stomach. I had written to my Rad-Oncologist and he replied that the symptom that I am experiencing is radiation gastritis and that it will last probable another 2 to 3 more weeks. Sigh… That is another 2 to 3 more weeks of agony. The pain had gotten so bad that I am on regular morphine and no longer just at night to help me sleep and most of the time, I have to sleep in a sitting position in order to ease the pain and get some form of decent sleep. It helps also if I twist my ankle or wrist at certain angle in order to “create” some pain and thus divert the attention of the pain away from the stomach. I know it sounds kind of funny but it is true and in my case it does helps because by releasing the tension on my ankle or wrist I can ease the pain away relatively quickly and the pain doesn’t last, not like to pain in the stomach.
I hope my Med-Oncologist will have some means of helping me get pass these few weeks other than Omeprazole because other than the “normal” and regular pain, I got very sharp and short intense pain whenever I eat. Fortunately, these pains after meal does not last very long and were only very short but very intense. These of course make it psychologically difficult in attempting to eat but eat I must in order to maintain the energy and not to lose weight.
Spoke to the oncology nurse yesterday as she was flushing my porta-cath and generally chemotherapy will not resume under such circumstances. My Med-Oncologist will probably assess the situation tomorrow and will assess me again probably in another 4 to 6 weeks to see when I can proceed to next phase of therapy. The nurse also mentioned that I am “darker” but then it is also normal for someone on Xeloda (the chemotherapy drug) and the “dirty” patches on my feet.
The bright side is that if my Rad-Oncologist is correct, the pain will last only the next 2 to 3 weeks and by God’s grace, if I can get past these 2 to 3 weeks then I should be alright and as for prayer, please pray that the pain will subside quickly and that I will have the extra measure of “strength” to tolerate the pain.
In God We Trust and in Christ alone my hope is found.
Hebrews 11:1
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