Coming out of the dark

JDuke
JDuke Member Posts: 438
in Anal Cancer #1
I finished radiation to my left pleura two weeks ago yesterday. It was absolutely a miserable experience. Relentless nausea, frequent vomiting, severe rash, hungry but the thought of food was disgusting, extreme fatigue...yada, yada, yada. This week finds me feeling much better. Still run out of energy pretty quickly but seeing marked improvement. No real firm plan for follow-up scans at this time. They are all putting their heads together and will let me know. Just praying that it worked!
Hope that all of you are hanging in, doing well and enjoying the beginning of Spring!
Warmly,
Joanne

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  • mp327
    mp327 Member Posts: 4,440 Member
    #2
    Hi Joanne!
    How wonderful to hear from you! I'm so glad you are finished with treatment--it sounds like it was horrible for you--I'm so sorry that you had to be so miserable. I'm very happy to hear that you are on the rebound now, but hope you'll take it easy for awhile and let your body recover. I pray that it worked too! Please let us know how you are doing as time goes on and when those follow-ups are planned. In the meantime, I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers! Take care.

    Hugs--
    Martha
  • lizdeli
    lizdeli Member Posts: 569 Member
    #3
    mp327 said:

    Hi Joanne!
    How wonderful to hear from you! I'm so glad you are finished with treatment--it sounds like it was horrible for you--I'm so sorry that you had to be so miserable. I'm very happy to hear that you are on the rebound now, but hope you'll take it easy for awhile and let your body recover. I pray that it worked too! Please let us know how you are doing as time goes on and when those follow-ups are planned. In the meantime, I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers! Take care.

    Hugs--
    Martha

    Good to hear from you!
    Hi Joanne,
    It's great to hear from you. You have been close in thought and heart. I'm glad the radiation is over with and you remain in my prayers for the good news you are so deserving of.

    xoxo
    Liz
  • sephie
    sephie Member Posts: 650 Member
    #4
    yea
    so glad you are better. radiation is the worst. hugs to you sephie
  • sissy310
    sissy310 Member Posts: 300
    #5
    So good to hear from you
    So good to hear from you Joanne. Sorry to hear of the yucky experience you have had but am thankful it is over and hope and pray that all will be well now. Have thought of you often over the last weeks and wondered how you were doing. Hope that each day just gets better and better for you. Hugs, Marilyne
  • z810840b
    z810840b Member Posts: 207 Member
    #6
    Been thinking of you...
    Dear Joanne-Gosh.. have I been thinking of you! I'm so glad you felt up to writing us.You have been through so much and hopefully good news is on its way.My thoughts and prayers are with you Joanne...hugs..alyse
  • SueRelays
    SueRelays Member Posts: 485
    #7
    z810840b said:

    Been thinking of you...
    Dear Joanne-Gosh.. have I been thinking of you! I'm so glad you felt up to writing us.You have been through so much and hopefully good news is on its way.My thoughts and prayers are with you Joanne...hugs..alyse

    So happy to see your name on
    So happy to see your name on here Joanne!!!
    Always think of you and wish you wellness!!!
  • z
    z Member Posts: 1,414 Member
    #8
    Joanne
    Hi Joanne, Thank you for updating us. I hope that you will continue to feel better. I don't know if you received my PM, but I visit the Inspire sight and have learned some things about lung cancer, as you know I had a lower right lobe lobectomy for a 11 mm nodule that was a squamous cell cancer. I know that there are many survivors on the inspire sight, that have used many different types of treatment to remain stable and in remission. I am praying that this treatment you had will work also, and you'll not need any further treatment. Lori

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