Went to my second appointment for Chemo today. Had some confusion at the last appointment, he told me we were going to take a non-aggressive Chemo approach, to basically improve my quality of life and nothing more. Saw the surgeon the following week and told him, he was pissed, said if he didn't want to go aggressive then to call him and he would set me up with someone who does. Message oncologist and told him I wanted to go aggressive on treatment, I fight, I don't quit. It's my body and my life. Get to and his attitude is completely changed. Tells me that the reason we went non-aggressive was to see how I tolerated the Chemo and side affects (which were basically none, thank you military for pumping us so full of drugs for pain, immunizations and whatnot to give me a extremely high drug tolerance). He also said that if we had gone full bore right off the bat at my current weight, it could land me in the hospital, but now that he knows how I tolerate the drugs he is going to (as he put it), "Light me up"
So todays treatment was the much stronger dosage and I can feel it. Tired, some nausea, and other symptoms. But very manageable. It will get worse but we are going in the right direction. Current weight according to the Dr. Scale, 309, so my weight is stable for the moment. So I am feeling better about the way things are going.
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