Friday, February 4, 2011

Cyberknife treatments are all done

I am finally over what turned out to be a 3-week-long cold, that was the worst one I can remember having. I have about 50% of the hearing back in my left ear, which may be as good as I have had for the last 10 years or so, since having to fly with a sinus/ear infection.

And yesterday, despite delays and interruptions and an increase in the number of surgeries from 3 to 5, I finally had my last intimate encounter with Cyberknife.

Although I did have to go to bed at 8 last night, I feel quite well and energetic today. Decadron didn't manage to raise my blood sugar this time.

Here's the plan now (assuming there are no "events" that intervene):

I'm having a CT scan at the end of the month and consulting with Dr. Liu on 3/1 (this is to look for recurrence in the body only).

In 3 months, I'll have an MRI of my head and consult with Dr. Gillis.

That's the pattern until the scans find something or the something makes itself evident. A scan of each type every 3 months with a follow- up visit to the doctor. I'm not on any special cancer meds at this point.

Hoping that by being a good patient, I've earned a respite from horror and tedium. I don't plan to blog very often unless there's a lot of news. I'll do infrequent updates to let readers know I'm ok.