So, no chemo this week!
also, this could be the end of chemo in general.
during the doctors visit this week, we talked about the how much chemo i have already gotten and why i might need this next cycle in relation to dangerous side-effects (such as my hearing loss)
I was scheduled for 3 cycles of bleo.. but only got two.
3 cycles of bleo = 1 cycle of cis+vp-16.
so, i am 1/3 short of the recommended dosage of bleo… and 1/9th of the entire treatment
giving me one more cycle of the cis+vp-16 would be giving me more then enuf…. but risk damaging my hearing even more.
The doc scheduled me for a CT scan and PET scan this week… to make sure the cancer is gone. if its not, or if there are any signs of it, back to the chemo, otherwise, im done.
The PET scan i guess is very expensive. So expensive that he’s trying to get a goverment grant to pay for it.
either way, im gonna feel great for my birthday! im excited to go out to a nice resturant… im thinking a trip to portland would be nice.
22 Comments
December 11, 2006 at 8:52 pm
Break, possible end of chemo, birthday! WOO! Super dope.
December 11, 2006 at 9:17 pm
yay to no more chemo and no more cancer! (hopefully)
i hope you get your birthday wish.
December 12, 2006 at 12:24 am
sweet! come to portland. i’ll be out of town for x-mas/new years though.
when’s your birthday? let me know if you need a place to stay.
December 12, 2006 at 12:29 am
b-day is this sunday.
32! ouch.
December 12, 2006 at 12:44 am
and possibly, no more gdamn cancer!
wooooooohooo!
December 12, 2006 at 10:20 am
that sounds great John!
32… mmm, now I begin to feel old again
December 12, 2006 at 10:26 am
Cool man! wishing you much enjoyment for your birthday! fingers crossed for you.
December 12, 2006 at 12:18 pm
good luck with everything and happy birthday!!!! next year you can have jerky.
December 12, 2006 at 5:44 pm
man, this week, i can have jerky!
my taste is almost back to normal.
my appitite is pretty good.
my energy level is still very low.
im still very weak.
im still bald everywhere.
December 12, 2006 at 9:58 pm
so was this whole ordeal anything at all like House MD? Because when you say your Doc is writing a grant to get you a PET scan i imagine him saying something like “if the governemnt calls, tell them that you are actually a 6000 year old mummy, it was the only way I could get this expensive procedure approved… I may have to remove some of your organs temporarily, but its nothing to worry about.”
BOOO CANCER
JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS
wishing you well
December 12, 2006 at 9:59 pm
PS, now I’m gonna steal all of Boobs’ stuff while he/she’s gone.
December 12, 2006 at 10:49 pm
so, no PET scan.. i didn’t qualify for the grant.
i was looking forward to it.
i guess im not a 6000yr old mummy.
December 12, 2006 at 11:25 pm
couldn’t you rig something up in kyma to do the same kind of scan?
December 12, 2006 at 11:29 pm
i think the kyma has a module for fluorodeoxyglucose
December 13, 2006 at 1:07 am
bah.. i have an alarm and a dog and a GF guarding my castle.. plus.. laird never leaves the house anyway so i have no worries
and double BAH!.. stupid grants.. you should apply w/the NEA and pee in a jar w/a crucifix in it. they’d give you $10K for that.
just show up w/a bunch of pies… drugged pies.. if they still say no then play the brown note thru a 30 inch woofer and make them all drop a deuce right there in their scrubs.
December 13, 2006 at 6:17 pm
so what does that mean now that you can’t have the PET scan?
December 13, 2006 at 6:30 pm
the doctor has less accurate data to see if my cancer is gone.
December 15, 2006 at 8:49 pm
i am a ninja. I will sneak past boobs GF, entice his dog with a juicy steak, disarm his alarm and run off, silently, with his machinedrum.
I will then see if I can sell it to skiptracer and buy a PET scanner.
December 16, 2006 at 12:20 am
laird.. in that case i wouldn’t be upset so long as i remember to do a sysex dump of all my drum kits and patterns before i go… and then next year when you get your tax return you can use it to pay my insurance deductible.
December 16, 2006 at 11:12 pm
so, don’t you know…life begins at 32!
December 17, 2006 at 12:42 am
FINALLY HAVE POWER.
my power was off since thurs night.
i’ll update the blog after meeting wtih doctor on monday
December 18, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Come down to protland, you can freeeeeze any leftover tumors to death.
Plus, I know where there’s this great machinedrum that we can sneak in and re-program with 100%-pure squabble beats and fongtcore loops.