Chemo Completed but....

Entry 78

January 3, 2023

It really began to unravel on Christmas Day.  I woke up feeling quite sick. I tried to get out of bed to stand up but my left hip/leg would not support my weight and I fell. Fortunately I was facing the bed so no injury. Within 24 hours, on Boxing Day, I was unable to walk unassisted even to get to the bathroom. A wheelchair was pretty much the only option outside of the house.

What to do? It was Christmas and everything closed including Cancer Care.

On Thursday the 29th of December,  we finally got through to CancerCare - Urgent Care. They took me right away. I went through an all-day battery of tests including an X-ray. A lesion on the femur was deemed worrisome and required a CT Scan on Friday, the 30th, to determine the direction for a round of radiation on Monday, January 2. Yikes! 

In quick succession the following happened on Tuesday, January 3:

An ‘extensive’ CT Scan followed by ‘full’ Bone Scan, (their quotation marks not mine)followed by Zolmeta (bone strengthening) IV and finally blood test. So you know when they are talking that kind of hammering in a day and a half you know they are looking for something significant. The interview with the HSC Radiologist last Friday suggested as much.  

We won’t know results probably until mid next week after all scans and tests analyzed. 

Also, we will not know if I will begin to feel better.  The radiation is specific to the femur and pelvis, primarily to reduce pain. 

 

That’s where it currently sits. The radiation has helped my ability to shuffle around the house but anything other than that would require a wheelchair.

We have just passed the 12th year anniversary since my prostatectomy.