Chemo Over - Break Time - Visits from Family

Hi Everyone. Well, my Chemo Treatments ended last week and I'm exstatic that this part of the journey is over. The needles, hospital, doctor appointments, etc. were starting to get to me. And it did appear to me that as the treatments went on, I was getting a bit more tired and my belly was a bit raw days after the treatments. Chemo is over.

Next up is radiotherapy in which I will have treatment everyday five days a week for one entire month. In the next 2 weeks I will be consulting with my Radiologist Oncologist. They usually wait 4 to 8 weeks after my chemo to begin scans to see exactly what they are dealing with. This is done because the chemo causes inflamation at the site of where the cancer was. Therefore I am on break.

As of right now based on the last scan, the doctors can not detect any cancer in my body. There is activity at the cancer site, but they believe it is based on inflamation caused by the chemo therapy as I mentioned above. Overall I'm feeling well. Energy levels are good and I'm looking forward to exerting a bit of energy while I have Steven (my brother) and Billy (my cousin) come to Australia for a visit. Over the last 4 weeks, Bonnie (my mother-in-law) has been staying with us which has been great. She is spending some quality time with Olivia while Amy and I have been able to get a bit of rest and play in while she is here.

A few weeks ago over the Easter holiday I went by myself to a music festival in Byron Bay New South Wales. At the music festival I saw some great local Australian acts along with International acts including Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ben Harper, Xavier Rudd, ZZ Top, Bob Dylan, Los Lobos, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, BB King, Blind Boys of Alabama, The Meters, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Warren Haynes, and Jethro Tull just to name a few. It was a great time and I was able to relax quite a bit while I was there. Poor Amy and Bonnie were taking care of a sick Olivia who has since recovered fully.

I'll be sending an update in the next month on what the steps are for the radiotherapy.