medical stuff #???

Wednesday, 2 June 2021 10:20
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SO we're back to this again.

Last week I had a CT scan on my liver, and speaking to the specialist today he confirmed the cancer is back and so we gotta treat it.

My chemo options this time are pretty shit, unfortunately. The drugs are harsher, which means more intense side effects like intense sensitivity to cold, possible nerve damage in my fingers, nausea, diarrhea, fatigue, light sensitivity, dry and cracked hands, hooray. And there's only a 30-40% chance that it will be effective.

So. Yeah I'm processing all that.

We're starting fast. I start chemo tomorrow and I'll have it every two weeks. I'm hoping I won't get all the side effects super bad, but who knows at this point. Definitely I'm going to be out for a lot of stuff, including rp. I'll still be around on plurk because that's something I can do without much stress.

I won't be talking about this on plurk. It feels weird to just plurk about "oh i'm dying of cancer" in the middle of people plotting stuff or having fandom chats, and really i don't even know how to talk about it half the time so it's just easier for me like this.

Again, I'll ask please don't pp me about this. I just don't have the emotional bandwidth to deal with it when it comes up unexpectedly, thanks.

So yeah. This sucks, but this is where life is for me right now.
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020 09:34
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I've told just about everyone I want to tell about this thing, but there's still some people I want to tell but haven't managed to get a hold of yet and I can feel myself running out of steam for this. Blah. I'm so pleased that other people have been able to step up and pass on the message to a wider group so I don't have to tell everyone in person.

In good news, I've got an appointment with the oncology people on Thursday, which is goood. We were told it could be 1-2 weeks, so just under a week is really great.

Mum has a bunch of questions she wants to ask the doctor, and she wants to get pictures of my scans, which I think is fair enough.

They've given me pills for nausea, but I'm seeing if having peppermint or ginger tea helps instead, not because I don't think the pills won't help but because as much as possible I want to see if diet and health stuff can make changes as well. I've looked up diet stuff to support my colon and my liver and I'm hoping I can make good diet changes.
Like, it feels kind of dumb but also-- where's the harm in trying to help my organs be healthy, right? idk.

I wish I had an rp drive right now. I was so excited to app into Meadowlark with Thor, and I feel bad because now I have z e r o motivation. Even with Deer I'm super unmotivated, but I'm going to wait until I have an update from Thursday about what the future will look like a little more before making any decisions about that.
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