3/29/09

This was KD's last day to relax and feel normal before this next crazy phase of chemo begins. We went downtown to the art festival for a while. It was a gorgeous day. (And it was my trick to get him to walk around a bit and get exercise.) Plus it was impossible to park within a two mile radius.

Then we over-indulged in pizza because who knows if he'll actually get sick from the radiation treatment or not. It's pretty heavy potentially, so we're just going into this with the belief that there will be an end to whatever is about to happen. 

Not that he's getting too depressed about it (much). He's had a pretty charmed experience with chemo and treatments so far. Either his luck will hold and this will be one for the textbooks, or he will eventually get a bit sick. Whatever happens, he's had a great time of it so far (compared to what it should be like, I suppose).

So FYI in case you want to call or email in the next few days... Monday is a lumbar puncture and we review his treatment schedule for the next 12 weeks. Then Tuesday he goes to radiology for his first cranial radiation treatment. It sounds less B-movie hoaky to say 'cranial radiation'. 'Brain zapping' seems silly. But that's it basically.

Two weeks of brain zapping might solve the rest of his problem. After that, his treatments seem to ease up in frequency and intensity. And hope of all hopes ... by August we might actually hear the magic words "maintenance cycle", which is where he's not doing actual chemo. Just some preventative stuff while they watch him for 2 years to see if he really is cancer-free.  Then it's party time!