Comments for davintosh http://www.davintosh.com What's davintosh? Mostly just the random ramblings of a hopelessly distractible... Hey, what's that? Thu, 02 May 2013 01:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on The Cure — Day 4 & 5 by RickD335 http://www.davintosh.com/2013/04/30/the-cure-day-4-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 RickD335 Thu, 02 May 2013 01:40:08 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=3862#comment-2056 Dave, another thing to be on the lookout for is a phenomenon known as chemo brain. Depending on your particular way of putting things, you may describe it as having clouds in your thinking, or being hit by feather pillows repeatedly while trying to remember anything...feel free to come up with your own terminology, but to emphasize what you already know - once you know to expect it, it makes it easier. Chemo by itself is an odd beast. Having had both chemo and radiation at the same time, I can't say for certain which of my symptoms were purely chemo and which were purely radiation sickness; all I needed to know as that this, too, shall pass :) Praying for ya! Dave, another thing to be on the lookout for is a phenomenon known as chemo brain. Depending on your particular way of putting things, you may describe it as having clouds in your thinking, or being hit by feather pillows repeatedly while trying to remember anything…feel free to come up with your own terminology, but to emphasize what you already know – once you know to expect it, it makes it easier.

Chemo by itself is an odd beast. Having had both chemo and radiation at the same time, I can’t say for certain which of my symptoms were purely chemo and which were purely radiation sickness; all I needed to know as that this, too, shall pass :)

Praying for ya!

]]> Comment on The Game Plan by RickD335 http://www.davintosh.com/2013/04/24/the-game-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 RickD335 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:13:49 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=3840#comment-2050 Yeah - chemo sucks. I don't know if you were paying a whole lot of attention to how dragged out I looked on the Sundays I was home from Mayo, but September and October were bad - on the other hand, I was getting chemo *and* radiation simultaneously. It isn't that the information is wrong, per se, it is more that there is quite a bit of information that can make the early stages of finding out what you've got - what stage, how far along, etc. - a bit more traumatic than is helpful. Finding out that I was stage 3? No big deal. Finding out that, left untreated, I was looking at around six months - and that treated, I had a 60% chance of reaching the "cured" state of five years cancer-free? That was a bit more bothersome :) Reading how esophageal cancer was one of the top ten killers in the country with a really poor prognosis regardless of where you might be treated? *That* little tidbit wasn't very encouraging. I might still have one of the books that helped a great deal sitting back in Sioux Falls - and if I get back there early next week, I'll run it over to you. Lots of good to great information. Yeah – chemo sucks. I don’t know if you were paying a whole lot of attention to how dragged out I looked on the Sundays I was home from Mayo, but September and October were bad – on the other hand, I was getting chemo *and* radiation simultaneously.

It isn’t that the information is wrong, per se, it is more that there is quite a bit of information that can make the early stages of finding out what you’ve got – what stage, how far along, etc. – a bit more traumatic than is helpful. Finding out that I was stage 3? No big deal. Finding out that, left untreated, I was looking at around six months – and that treated, I had a 60% chance of reaching the “cured” state of five years cancer-free? That was a bit more bothersome :) Reading how esophageal cancer was one of the top ten killers in the country with a really poor prognosis regardless of where you might be treated? *That* little tidbit wasn’t very encouraging.

I might still have one of the books that helped a great deal sitting back in Sioux Falls – and if I get back there early next week, I’ll run it over to you. Lots of good to great information.

]]> Comment on The Game Plan by dave http://www.davintosh.com/2013/04/24/the-game-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 dave Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:10:57 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=3840#comment-2049 A little research on the right sites can't hurt; I haven't done much, and usually stick to http://www.cancer.gov/ , http://www.lymphoma.org/ , http://www.mayoclinic.com/ and http://www.sanfordhealth.org/ . I sure hope the info found on those sites is accurate. :D Anything negative is just the latent pessimist in me trying to make itself known. Thanks for the reminders though. Today was a big day, and not feeling so great tonight. A little research on the right sites can’t hurt; I haven’t done much, and usually stick to http://www.cancer.gov/ , http://www.lymphoma.org/ , http://www.mayoclinic.com/ and http://www.sanfordhealth.org/ . I sure hope the info found on those sites is accurate. :D Anything negative is just the latent pessimist in me trying to make itself known.

Thanks for the reminders though. Today was a big day, and not feeling so great tonight.

]]> Comment on The Game Plan by RickD335 http://www.davintosh.com/2013/04/24/the-game-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-2048 RickD335 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:16:53 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=3840#comment-2048 Dave! Having beaten you to having cancer (of any sort), I'll feel free to pass on some things I learned the hard way. Rule #1 - Stop all internet research on your disease. Most of what you will read is not helpful as every patient and their situation is unique. Continued reading will not help you either in fighting back or maintaining a positive attitude. With a 90% cure rate, go forward with that and live. Rule # 2 - When you get discouraged (as may happen), refer back to # 1 Know that you are loved...need I remind you who's child you are? I didn't think so... :) Rick Dave!

Having beaten you to having cancer (of any sort), I’ll feel free to pass on some things I learned the hard way.

Rule #1 – Stop all internet research on your disease. Most of what you will read is not helpful as every patient and their situation is unique. Continued reading will not help you either in fighting back or maintaining a positive attitude. With a 90% cure rate, go forward with that and live.

Rule # 2 – When you get discouraged (as may happen), refer back to # 1

Know that you are loved…need I remind you who’s child you are? I didn’t think so… :)

Rick

]]> Comment on It’s 2am; Do You Know Where Your Pain Is? by dave http://www.davintosh.com/2013/03/16/its-2am-do-you-know-where-your-pain-is/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 dave Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:15:58 +0000 http://www.davintosh.com/?p=3769#comment-2018 13 hours later, and the pain is spooling up again. Doing so at midday is a new trick though; wouldn't mind if there was some promise it would leave me alone & let me sleep tonight, but I doubt there's much hope of that after last night. Prescription pain meds FTW. 13 hours later, and the pain is spooling up again. Doing so at midday is a new trick though; wouldn’t mind if there was some promise it would leave me alone & let me sleep tonight, but I doubt there’s much hope of that after last night.

Prescription pain meds FTW.

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