My final treatment Today, Tuesday Feb 19 is my final treatment! I get to ring the bell after this. Last Friday I met with the radiation oncologist. I asked her about how we will screen going forward and how, God forbid, the cancer might show up in the future. She said that it rarely comes back in the area that was radiated. If it shows up it will likely show up somewhere else in the body. We screen for it using a PSA blood test, which is a good screening tool since anything greater than zero means that the cancer is back. How they would treat it would depend upon where it is and if they can determine where it is. Unfortunately, the prostate cancer can jump to pretty much anywhere else in the body. Hormone therapy would likely be a tool since it will impact the prostate cancer wherever it might be. But, hopefully, this is it and I won't need additional treatments.
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Down to the last three! Today I'm at number 32 of 34. So, after today there are only two more treatments. I have realized that this commuting into Boston has made me much less patient as a driver. Should you ever find me behind you, you will know it. I will be honking my horn if you don't move immediately after the light turns green! So, my last treatment on Tuesday will come none too soon! Luckily, this winter hasn't been too bad during these weeks of driving into Boston. Today we have a piano player again. It is nice to have that while we wait. Tomorrow I head directly to the airport from the hospital to travel with Emma to Washington, DC. It will be fun to spend the weekend with Emma - fun for me at least, maybe not so much for Emma ;-)! Oh yes, and happy Valentine's Day to everyone. I bought Emma some roses and a card, and I sent Joe a card. If you look carefully at this photo, you will see Emma hiding ...
February 5, 10 scans to go! We are in the final countdown! I haven't been updating because I have been busy with Joe being sick. Today was the Patriots Victory Parade. So, I left early expecting a lot of traffic. But, it wasn't bad. In fact, it was very good. I guess I came in after the big rush. All seems to be fine. I am looking forward to being done - just two weeks to go! Luckily, my side effects from the radiation treatments haven't been bad. I still occasionally get "hot flashes", but not as bad as a few weeks ago. Those are actually from the hormone therapy. We again have a piano player. It's a Tuesday thing. So, it's nice to have that while waiting for my turn to get zapped. One of my radiation techs was discussing nicknames a few weeks ago. He mentioned his, and I told him he needed a better one. So, now I call him Batman. I told him about mine ("Goretex") and how it came to b...