Well, I am getting toward the end of the three weeks following session 2. Next cycle of Chemo is next Monday. Been pretty good this time round, taste buds still went early on and mouth was sore but nowhere near as bad as last time! Still struggled with constipation but managed it more effectively with laxatives etc.
Not sure if it was the injection after the Chemo that helped but whatever it was, I hope it carries on like this. If the side effects are no worse then I will be fine, if they improve then even better.
Saw the Onco on Monday, he is determined to keep me on max dose Chemo and then hit it with max dose radiotherapy. Funny but he used the phrase and I quote " to kill the cancer". Now I thought that was not a reality when I started. However he did go on to add that HT would be a lifelong prospect, which, to be honest I can cope with. OK there are issues with ED and flushes but hell! I'd rather that than the alternative! I am lucky in lots of ways, my wife of 37 years feels pretty much the same way as me....time together is way more important than physical stuff. I am just determined to see my grandchildren grow up (currently twins, boy and girl aged 3 and a granddaughter aged 6). So bring on Chemo 3!
In the words of the song, "If you knock me over I WILL get back up again".