THE TREATMENT, ETC

HI AGAIN, Telling my friends was very hard. The response was overwhelming! Their love & support was the biggest blessing I had ever experienced. I was ready!! First a conference with the radiation Dr. than the Chemotherapy Dr. A Pet Scan, scope down the nasal passage (3) the measuring of the mesh mask I was to wear during radiation, blood work and a power port surgery. I needed the port for chemo as my veins are tiny. The radiation came first took about 30 minutes as they had to mark the mask etc. I had asked my G.P. for some Valium as I am a tad claustrophobic. You have to fight your doctor to get any...I won the fight (5mg) I guess they're made of gold!!!! Then the chemo. First you see the Dr. (about an hour) then another 4 hours hooked up to an IV. I was fine until I got home. Out of the blue it felt like a lightning bolt hit me on the top of my head. Then all of my organs felt as if someone had beaten me with a baseball bat. I truly don't know how I made it to radiation the next day. I explained my extreme pain & found out they had given me 400 units of chemo...yikes!!!!! I came very close to kicking the Dr. in the you know where! He then lowered the dosage to 130 units. Quite a difference!! Chapter 3 (the side effects that follow,WOW)!!!