Friday's appointment went well also. They reviewed the scan results briefly but we had already done that with Dr. Tsue on Thursday and they didn't really have much to add. It looks good.
So my Thursday and Friday appointments that I was so worried about went off about as well as can be expected. They told me today that we'll do another CT Scan along with a PET Scan in three months -- late April. I haven't actually scheduled those yet but will at my follow-up appointment with the Oncologist Feb 24th.
Other than that we talked about lingering side effects of the treatment -- fatigue, mucositis, eating (or not), tongue pain, etc. He said these are all normal and will continue to improve over the coming weeks/months. He said some people have these last as long as 6 months so I guess I just need to be patient.
He did do some lab work today to check my Thyroid just to make sure that's not contributing to my fatigue. Frankly, he doesn't think it is but is checking just to be sure.
Along those lines, we went over to my brother's house tonight for a birthday celebration for two of his 150 kids. There was a house full of people there with visitors from my sister-in-law's side of the family as well. Plenty of noise with the kids playing and everyone talking. Guess who fell sound asleep in the recliner at 7:00. No, not Sophie. Cliff! Geez, how embarassing.
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Again with the HOORAY!!! Great news! Bummer that the symptoms will likely be around a few more months...but better than BAD news!! (Nancy Poppins, here!)
And maybe we have a sleep solution too...it sounds like when there are people and fun things going on, you fall sound asleep...but at 2am when all is quiet and dark and lonely, you're wide awake.
The easy solution is a "sound machine" sort of "white noise" effect for you to play all night. Just record Ed's 150 kids, or your friends L & K, or a good movie playing...then play that recording when you're ready to go to sleep at night! You should sleep like a...Sophie!
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