Goodbye, Chemo

[randy_byers]

I think it's worth noting that I have taken my last dose of chemo, hopefully for the rest of my life. My brain surgery was on December 10, 2016, so it has been over a year of treatment that knocked the crap out of me. Surgery, radiation+chemo, then twelve months of chemo. The chemo was on a 28 day cycle, so more of a lunar month, really. I should

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[anonymous]

If the pills were yellow, you could sing "goodbye, yellow pill chemo" which sort of works to "goodbye, yellow brick road."

--Luke

[randy_byers]

One pill makes you nauseous
And one pill make you puke
And the ones your mother gives you
Make you as dizzy as your friend Luke.

[gerisullivan]

*Giggles*

May the next 5 days pass swiftly by and any nausea soon be a thing of the distant memory. I'll advise patience and pacing yourself on the energy levels front, but it will mostly be a matter of listening to your body and taking it from there.

Congratulations! Here's to a much easier phase of this long, strange trip you're in.

[randy_byers]

I'm with you on taking it easy. I had a PT appt this morning, and last night I was thinking I'd try to make it. This morning I thought, "Who the fuck are you kidding, kid? It can wait." Especially since there's a dribble of snow out there. I'm going to stay in the nice warm house, probably mostly in a prone position.

[kevin_standlee]

Congratulations and good luck!

[randy_byers]

Thanks, Kevin.

[history_monk]

Well done!

[randy_byers]

Thanks, John.

[kalimac]

Good. Chemo is an attempt to stop short of killing you in hopes that it'll kill the cancer instead, so it's an inherently awkward, not to say dangerous and uncomfortable thing, and it's great that you're out of it.

[randy_byers]

Let's hope it did its job, too.

[kalimac]

Yes, devoutly.

[rosegardenfae]

Great news...congratulations!

[randy_byers]

Thanks, Fae.