Wednesday, May 21, 2014
We heard back from Dr. Weber concerning his review of Mike's most recent chemo visits and test results. Dr. Weber wants Mike to continue with 4 more chemo treatments which would be a total of 10 treatments this time. Last year, Mike had a total of 7 chemo treatments before he went to Germany.
We are making the arrangements for Mike to go to Germany about 2 weeks after his last treatment to make sure all the nausea and sickness is gone before he has to fly. He would still be feeling the effects from the chemo the weekend following the last treatment, so he will wait an additional week.
This will be a big step for him. Last time was first that Mike had ever flown or been in another country other than Canada, so he will have to find someone who speaks English and ask for help if he does not know where to go or what to do. I will be nervous about him going by himself, but I would rather save the money that would be put towards the cost of me going along to any possible future visits. I would love to see the country and the people there again, but Mike's health is more important to me than anything else.
So that is where things stand for now. I am sure Mike is hoping that the summer will fly by. He will have to relay this decision to his oncologist, but that was one of the options he presented to Mike at his last visit. I think he understands that Mike is going to do whatever it takes to fight this.
We heard back from Dr. Weber concerning his review of Mike's most recent chemo visits and test results. Dr. Weber wants Mike to continue with 4 more chemo treatments which would be a total of 10 treatments this time. Last year, Mike had a total of 7 chemo treatments before he went to Germany.
We are making the arrangements for Mike to go to Germany about 2 weeks after his last treatment to make sure all the nausea and sickness is gone before he has to fly. He would still be feeling the effects from the chemo the weekend following the last treatment, so he will wait an additional week.
This will be a big step for him. Last time was first that Mike had ever flown or been in another country other than Canada, so he will have to find someone who speaks English and ask for help if he does not know where to go or what to do. I will be nervous about him going by himself, but I would rather save the money that would be put towards the cost of me going along to any possible future visits. I would love to see the country and the people there again, but Mike's health is more important to me than anything else.
So that is where things stand for now. I am sure Mike is hoping that the summer will fly by. He will have to relay this decision to his oncologist, but that was one of the options he presented to Mike at his last visit. I think he understands that Mike is going to do whatever it takes to fight this.
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