Man, this time was worse than the last one. I think I'm over the worst though. Should be fairly straight forwards from here. Only 15 days of chemo left.
Dates of note:
- Last day of chemo Tue July 6th
- CT scan scheduled for Wed July 7th, early
- Follow up with main surgeon, Dr. John Miller, July 13th @ 11:15am at St. Josephs hospital. This will determine when and what surgery is required.
- General follow-up July 19th with the 3 doctor team from the Juravinski cancer center that have been monitoring my progress as a joint effort (chemo, radiation and surgeon) @ 2 pm (lab/blood work) and @ 2:30pm (meeting).
- Stage cancer was at will be unknown until visible by surgeon. (So I'm told).
Surgery date is complicated. They said I need about two weeks after chemo before surgery. But, Dr. John Miller goes on vacation for 3 weeks starting around Fri July 23rd. So timing is critical. Surgury before is good, but may be hard to book. Too soon, and I'll still be weak from chemo. Too late and I have to wait until after his vacation or get another surgeon. After the vacation could cause recovery of the cancer and would definitely lead me towards long term disability instead of the up to 17 weeks of short term disability I can claim. Which has financial implications.
So we're hoping it can happen before the vacation. But we'll see.
-- Shane
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