We finally got a phone call yesterday that outlines a plan for my dad and his treatment. There have been a bunch of factors holding everything up, the main one being the spot on his lung. From the biopsy, we found that the spot on the lung is lung cancer and not colon cancer that has spread to the lung. This means that it will have to be treated with radiation.
The plan has been outlined to me like this:
He will have a scan of the lung on Tuesday morning. If the spot on the lung has grown since the last scan they will immediately do 5 days of SBRT, a type of radiation. Then, when the radiation is complete they will start the chemotherapy for the colon cancer.
OR
If the scan shows that the lung spot has NOT grown, they will immediately begin chemo, and do the radiation during a break from the chemo. The chemo will be 1x a week for 6 weeks and then 2 weeks off.
This is where the scary stuff begins. Yes we've been impatient for him to begin treatment, but he has been feeling really good, and the idea that the treatments are going to make him feel bad, is kind of annoying. But then again, we don't know how long he would continue to feel good with two different kinds of cancer in his body. Its kind of a lose/lose situation any way you look at it.
This whole thing has become such a normal part of my every day life. I find myself having perfectly calm conversations where I say things like " I hope the spot on his lung is lung cancer and not colon cancer" When did it become normal for me to hope for one kind of cancer over another? I know when I started this blog I certainly did not think I would make this adjustment. But I guess you really have to if you expect to make it out of something like this with your sanity intact.
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