As you know I had my surgery on 05/02. The surgery went well, with no complications, and I am feeling great. I had my follow up appointment on 05/09. The surgeon and I had expected that surgery was all that I was going to need. It turns out that the cancer was a little more advanced than expected. It is at stage T2. It still is localized and did not spread which is very good. So as a precautionary measure they want me to have chemo and radiation therapy.
I met with the chemotherapy doctor yesterday. I will be having radiation therapy 5 times a week for 6 weeks, along with chemo every day. Then I will have chemotherapy every 2 weeks for 6 months. He says I will keep my hair, but can expect to have fatigue, a little nausea, and foot and hand neuropathy. (cold hands and feet). They are going to put a port in my chest on 5/13 (7:30 am Day surgery Providence Hospital) that I will have for the full 6 months. That is how the chemo will be administrated. I will have an apparatus attached to it 24/7 that will be giving me the chemo.
I was scheduled for a PET scan today, but they just called and rescheduled for tomorrow, 4:15pm at Providence Imaging.
I will also be meeting with the radiation doctor tomorrow to talk more about the specifics of his treatment plan.
My prognosis is still very good since it is an early stage cancer.
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