Cyberknife

DMike said:

Therapy

Ron,

Cyberknife followed by moto-therapy sounds like a winner to me. Good luck and have a great time at the IOM.

David

Well, today is the day...no stress here.. in fact I am very calm and relaxed...  Last night I finally got most of my luggage packed. 3 large roller bags... the lightest one is 52 pounds.  I had to make room for the gifts for a few pals..  I get great pleasure in doing these small gifts..  I got a bunch of  T shirts from good ole' Mercan dirt track races..  plus for my pal Leslie, she loves those cheesy goldfish bits.. two big boxes for her..  and some real honest Maple syrup, the good stuff for my pal Mike. And lots of trinkets for my racer pals..  Oh yes and all the race bike stuff.. an engine, tools, spare parts, engine mounting plates, two new fireproof pit suits, and the kitchen sink... no wait no sink...  And then I found a little space for some clothes.. I do not take much in the way of clothes.. I will buy new T shirts there..

The only item I do not have that is important is my monthly supply of Afinitor.. it is supposed to arrive this morning.. it better, as I am out... took my last pill yesterday..  I made a stink as the drug was not on hand from the insurance Pharmacy... had to wait a full week.. not good..  Where I live, UPS is not depedable.. and I must leave here about 1 PM to make it for my Cyberknife..  It is supposed to arrive my 10 AM.  We will see.. phone calls start at 10:05.  Still not worried...I know how to find out where the driver is.. I will go meet him elsewhere on his route if need be..

Oh yes, and yesterday I had a big race banner made...  I will add a Kidney Cancer decal to it on the IOM.

Life is good... Life is very good..!!

I do have one (recent) regret.. I wish that I would of detoured on my last trip to meet the Wedgie Man.. a lost opportunity.. sigh..  I miss him..

I hope all of you find a way to enjoy the rest of this summer.. and the year..!!  I am taking my laptop with me.. so I will post somewhat.. not as often as normal.. but.. You can not get rid of me that easy...!!

Be Well All..!!

Ron

GSRon said:

Just sitting here waiting..

Just sitting here waiting.. Cyberknife is running late. Good news is I got my supply of Afinitor. Once the treatment is done I can go into vacation mode. I am so bored that I fell asleep. Hope I can sleep through the treatment. Later Ron

It is now later.. heh..   Over an hour late starting, then I was told it would be a 2 hour not a 45 minute treatent.  No big deal..  so get this.. they strapped me down, then of course everything itches and no way to scratch.. arms are tied down..!  Oh well.. had to get over that.  But the Tech guy asked about music.. they had a small boom box with elevator music on..  I asked for something more lively and a bit more  volume.  So, what did he put on..???  Yes, 2 hours of the Beatles..!  How amazing is that... I told him I was headed over the pond on Monday..   Now that I think about it.. the Doctors knew that.. maybe that was a set up...?? Ya think..?

The Cyberknife was nothing...  just the sound of the machine moving all over it was cool.. well for the first 15 minutes.. then I tried to sleep.. nope.. but then I started to daydream about the trip... Yes..!!

Once the deed was done, they unstrapped me and I got up.. nothing.. nice..!  They gave me a single pill steroid and a single pill for nausea.  I left and had dinner nearby with a couple of pals.. got home near midnight.. need to get up at like 6 am for the Cancer Conference up at Stanford.. I may be a bit late... 

I guess I can recommend Cyberknife.. it was overall very simple and easy...  That said it will be 90 days for that first scan to see how good they did...

Ron 

a_oaklee said:

Happy for you

Hi Ron.  I'm so happy for you that your treatment is done and it went very well.  No side effects.  Those are the same two pills my husband had.  I'm very glad that your experience was a good one.  I hope you enjoyed the conference that you attended and I am looking forward to you sharing information when you have the time.  Have a great time on vacation!

Annie

Does anyone care to share where the focus was of the cyberknife treatment that they had?  For my husband it was on two different vertebra with very good results.  No recurrence at either site.  One done 2 1/2 years ago and the other about 1 1/2 years ago.  Thanks a bunch. 

Well.. I was told that it is not likely Cancer will return to the same spot.. hope it does not return at all.. but we know what could happen... just gotta stay diligent..

Glad it works for so many.. I will know in 90 days...  But I already have less pain, or is that me imagining it..?  Seems more like pressure than pain to me now...

Cheers..!

Ron

APny said:

I'm so glad the cyberknife

I'm so glad the cyberknife went well and that you're doing great on Afinitor. Have a wonderful vacation!

Hi All..!  So, I am in Liverpool.. waiting for the ferry...  The flights were good overall, but I did make one mistake.  I had no major pain since the Cyberknife on Friday, but the airplane seats plus the bumps were very painful.  I only brought 3 pain pills in my carry on.  This was a mistake.  But I made it... my back is still pretty sore.  I will not make that mistake for the ferry boat or the return flights home.

No complaints..!  Happy to be here...  no sign of 4 long haired guys in the local pub...  I was told that I am a few decades too late...

Ron - the fun has begun..!! 

Alexandra said:

You're awesome

Have a great trip Ron!

Alex strikes again..!!!  Absolutely love it..!!

Thanks all..!!

Ron 

twinthings said:

What a champ!

Hey Ron, so happy to hear you came thru like a champ!  You are the man!!  I am thrilled to see you made your journey over the pond and are having a good time.  You deserve it.  I don't know much about why you are there but if it's a race, my bet is on you.  If races had cheerleaders, I'd be yours!!

Stay safe, keep taking those pills and savor every moment of this trip.  I'll be watching for updates.

patches

Thanks Twinnie..!!  FYI, love the new picture..!   Yes it is a race... yesterday we got all the pre race chores completed. The bike fired rght up and seems like it will be just fine.  Today will be the first practice session.

Sadly I have a lot of back pain, and am living on pain pills... but I will be OK...

Catch up with all of you later..!!

Ron