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Working out some time frames with my sister yesterday. I should at least do that I guess to put things into perspective, put into some sort of order. It feels like months and months, but when I take note of the date this morning I realise that we are not even half-way into January. It's been a rough couple of months I must admit, and I was beginning to despair that nothing seemed to be improving. I began to worry that these changes, these downgrades to my 'facilites' might even turn out to be permanent.
Found this page/link yesterday, it's going to be very informative. 
An Introduction
To Cancer Treatments
I woke up thinking right, I'll jump straight in this morning and do a 'January' Post to the blog. I am projecting again, I like to like to see things finished, so in my mind I am at the end of this month and can see where I'll be in my recovery by then. But it's not a time warp, and in reality I still have to get there from here.
Which brings me to the topic of this post, and I am afraid it's a bit of a vent. A quick recap on the circumstances. On 17th November 2010 I was admitted to JFH, emergency CT scan and immediate radio-therapy commenced on some malign spots they found inside my head.
Now, to go even further back, 23 years to be exact, I had had radiotherapy for a breast cancer that we'd fought off successfully, with no sign of any return until December 2009. It turned out it wasn't a return at all, but some new bothersome strain of cancer for us to fight. The first stage of chemotherapy took place in the early months of this year, and had appeared to be successful. Until now.. when the radiotherapy has been needed.
We should learn from our mistakes, and I really thought I had. I lost my breast to the last brush with radiotherapy and had vowed and declared 'never-again'. But I went like a lamb to let them do what they liked on that night. I was in a lot of pain and confusion and would have agreed to anything. I still would, this is not about permissions or the right or wrong thing. God help me I still have faith in the experts and professionals.
But what I didn't do, and it's taken me this long since, is to try and get a picture of exactly what HAS been done, and where I stand right now - and moving forward of course.
Well, the good news is that it seems the effects should start to lessen 4 to 6 weeks after the final treatment. And since that was up around about now, I can expect the sensations of dizziness and brain impairment to fade? Let's Hope So!
Well, the good news is that it seems the effects should start to lessen 4 to 6 weeks after the final treatment. And since that was up around about now, I can expect the sensations of dizziness and brain impairment to fade? Let's Hope So!
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BETTER AND BETTER as I read this. I think I must have been worrying for nothing?
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