by Alison on January 10, 2012
“Okay. Yep. Sounds good. Thanks.” It all seemed so casual, so matter-of-fact. Discharge from the rehab facility on Wednesday More Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, & Physical Therapy evaluations at another out-patient rehab place on Friday More full spine & brain MRIs on Monday Another lumbar puncture & appointment with oncologist to go over all of [...]
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Ian
by Alison on November 21, 2011
“It’s basically excruciating…” He was referring to the pain in his feet, nerve pain, one of the unpleasant side-effects of the “low-dose” chemotherapy drug Vincristine. And this was supposed to be the easy stuff. Ian received 6 doses of Vincristine, one each week while he was undergoing Proton Therapy. It was the chemo part of [...]
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cancer,
chemotherapy,
side-effects,
Vincristine