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Cancer treatment update!
2 years ago
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I am in the 5th week of my 6 week treatment of radio and chemotherapy, and I thought I should give you all a little update. The treatment is going well, and the side effects are not too bad but they are still taking a toll on me.
The chemo I'm taking is specialized and is a single capsule I take in the evenings, and it is much nicer than the common version. It was giving me some pretty painful constipation at first, but that got under control with the help of some laxative.
The radiotherapy is hitting me harder actually, which is the opposite of what I expected. For one, it makes me constantly very, very tired, as if I barely slept at all. It sucks because I have no strength to do anything. I really want to paint but so far I couldn't gather the strength to do it. :( Also, I've lost 70-80% of my hair, and I'm still losing more due to the radiation causing hair follicles to shut down. AS long hair has been a core part of my identity for decades, this is a bit hard. They say it can take 6 months after treatment just for it to _start_ growing back... But I'll survive. I rather have temporary hair loss than another brain surgery...
So, a week and a half more, and I'm done! Then the tiredness should start clearing up over a few weeks. I'll still take a reduced those of chemo every 4th week for the next six months when there will be an MRI control scan, and if that is all clear I can stop the chemo.
All in all, I have a fairly good chance that this will be the end of story. Of course, I'll still need to have some more MRIs in the next years to make sure it isn't coming back, but it shouldn't.
Right now my biggest issue is that from next month on, I'll be on sick pay until I can return to work, which our dear government has set at 80% of the minimum wage, which is nothing. My normal salary is just enough for us to live, and now I'm only going to get 24% of that. :( And I can't really take on new commissions yet, I already have a backlog I need to clear. So if you would like to support me and you can afford to do so, you can make a donation via KoFi or sub to my Patreon. But if you can't, I understand, everyone is having a tough time now.
Stay tuned for further updates, and I wish to you all good health and good fortune!
I am in the 5th week of my 6 week treatment of radio and chemotherapy, and I thought I should give you all a little update. The treatment is going well, and the side effects are not too bad but they are still taking a toll on me.
The chemo I'm taking is specialized and is a single capsule I take in the evenings, and it is much nicer than the common version. It was giving me some pretty painful constipation at first, but that got under control with the help of some laxative.
The radiotherapy is hitting me harder actually, which is the opposite of what I expected. For one, it makes me constantly very, very tired, as if I barely slept at all. It sucks because I have no strength to do anything. I really want to paint but so far I couldn't gather the strength to do it. :( Also, I've lost 70-80% of my hair, and I'm still losing more due to the radiation causing hair follicles to shut down. AS long hair has been a core part of my identity for decades, this is a bit hard. They say it can take 6 months after treatment just for it to _start_ growing back... But I'll survive. I rather have temporary hair loss than another brain surgery...
So, a week and a half more, and I'm done! Then the tiredness should start clearing up over a few weeks. I'll still take a reduced those of chemo every 4th week for the next six months when there will be an MRI control scan, and if that is all clear I can stop the chemo.
All in all, I have a fairly good chance that this will be the end of story. Of course, I'll still need to have some more MRIs in the next years to make sure it isn't coming back, but it shouldn't.
Right now my biggest issue is that from next month on, I'll be on sick pay until I can return to work, which our dear government has set at 80% of the minimum wage, which is nothing. My normal salary is just enough for us to live, and now I'm only going to get 24% of that. :( And I can't really take on new commissions yet, I already have a backlog I need to clear. So if you would like to support me and you can afford to do so, you can make a donation via KoFi or sub to my Patreon. But if you can't, I understand, everyone is having a tough time now.
Stay tuned for further updates, and I wish to you all good health and good fortune!
hope you'll recover
Now the loss seems to be stopping, so I'll visit a barber and ask him what can we do with whatever I have left to make it look more like an intentional style. Practically I have a mohawk now, so I think we can work with that. XD
Vix
And yes, I'm past the worst, thank you! :) It will still suck for quite a while, but I'll survive - both literally and metaphorically. :)