There was supposed to be one more chemo session next week but M went to see his oncologist, Dr K, on Wednesday. After he got half way through detailing out the effects he’s had the last two weeks, the last session was canceled. His WBC and neutrophils were way down but Dr K didn’t give him the Neulasta shot because of his pain levels.
He’ll have a CT / PET scan and an x-ray around the 3rd week of October, then we’ll see Dr. K on Oct 21 for the results and discussion of options.
I was on a (non-cancer) message board the other day where the topic of loved ones and conventional vs alternative treatment for cancer came up. I said if he wanted them, that I would discourage M from pursuing “voodoo woo-hoo treatments” as a waste of time, money, and energy. Somebody essentially reprimanded me saying that, by talking him out of voodoo woo-hoo I would be “taking away the only thing some patients cling on to in their worst times… their hope.” Grrrr. I just let it go and refrained from pointing out that I’d said “if” indicating a hypothetical. Regardless, I stand by my conviction. As a realist I’m not into, nor am I going to encourage, false hopes based on ingesting peach pits or whatever some shyster came up with to make a quick buck…