Last day of Chemo

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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #22
    Hondo said:

    Is it really over

    Well 1st day off the rads & Chemo how do you feel, don’t answer that I know the answer.

    Just wishing you the best on a quick recovery
    Hondo

    That is a little hard to conceive at first, and for awhile. It can even be a little depressing and actually rather scary.

    You have been the center of attention for so long...everything has been planned and scheduled. All you have to do is show-up and strive for the moment you are now at.

    Then all of a sudden, you are cut loose for several weeks or a few months at a time between various pokes, probes and scans.

    Hang tough and just try to let it sink in...YOU MADE IT, you are still here and alive.

    Through time, you'll start to be come more independent again and start feeling like your old self, only with a new normal as we say....

    Hang Tough,
    John
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #23
    adventurebob said:

    Thanks Jimbo
    Not sure how it was meant but I got no problem with John getting irritated; just didn't seem too nice expressing it publicly vs. PM. It does remind me that we are a family though.
    I guess my real point about the PEG is this: the people that did just fine without the PEG would have done just fine with it. The people that don't do fine without it suffer. If everyone got the PEG, everyone would do fine nutritionally while going through radiation. It bothers me to see people on here struggling nutritionally, at the point where it is most crucial, when there is a simple solution. This particular post is a good example of that. If the docs were to require everyone to get a PEG prior to radiation the problem wouldn't exist. I'm in agreement with John that we need to do what we need to do to survive and that means eating when we don't feel like it. But I'm also sympathetic to the fact that it just doesn't work that way for all of us. For whatever reason some people just don't eat when they should and we read over and over on this board how troubling that is for them and their caregivers. There is a solution and it is the PEG. That is my individual belief based on my experience and what I have read on this board many times. I welcome kind and intelligent discussion of this from everyone here. Thanks for yours Jimbo.

    Bob

    adventurebob ~
    I was going to PM you for this reply, but since you mentioned I posted my original comments on the public forum, I'll also post this here as well.

    I apologize if you took it personal, it wasn't intended or directed at you specifically.

    I can see from your last post that you are very committed to your feelings and experience with the PEG, as am I for not agreeing that everyone should be required to have one.

    With that I'll just agree to disagree....

    Best,
    John
  • adventurebob
    adventurebob Member Posts: 691
    #24
    Skiffin16 said:

    adventurebob ~
    I was going to PM you for this reply, but since you mentioned I posted my original comments on the public forum, I'll also post this here as well.

    I apologize if you took it personal, it wasn't intended or directed at you specifically.

    I can see from your last post that you are very committed to your feelings and experience with the PEG, as am I for not agreeing that everyone should be required to have one.

    With that I'll just agree to disagree....

    Best,
    John

    Thanks John
    I appreciate your apology and that you didn't intend anything personal. I honestly just don't like to read about people suffering unnecessarily. Unavoidable here I suppose. I respect your opinions and your advice and know how much you care for all the people on this board. I'm sorry for getting my dander up. I'm finding myself to be a little more emotional in this new life.

    Bob

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