Last Chemo Today

No More Chemo and only 4 rads remain.  So just a short note because it will affect me pretty much tomorrow and the next day.

Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes

Today We Talk Medical

I have been asked a few times about the treatment I receive.  So as I only have 1 chemo and 7 radiations remaining I thought I would explain the treatment
CHEMO:  Chemo (Cisplatin) is giving with an IV.  In my case they IV me with 1 liter of Sodium Chloride, that is followed by a bag of Cisplatin followed by another liter of Sodium Chloride.  This process is a 5 hour process.  I should mention that a couple of days before they draw blood to insure the kidneys can tolerate the poison.  That is followed by an IV the next two days of Sodium Chloride to flush the pision from the body.  The medial term is we want you "to piss like a race horse".
RADIATION:  Radiation is given as you lay on a flat table with a plastic mask and a blanket and a machine rotatoes around the target are and shoots a radiation beam at the cancer.  I have 35 treatments.  I asked why 35 not 30 or 40.  The answer is that over time the Drs have learned that Squamous cell carcinoma need 70 "grays" to kill it.  Your body can tolerate 2 grays per day. Shazam 70 divided by 2 , carry the 1, add the 3 and it is 35 treatments.  It was also explained that cancer cells are like the teenage boys and some girls that are after just one thing; reproduction!  The cancer cell is not organized and if  injured by the radiation it does not repair itself and the next dose kills it.  Good cells if injured repair themselves.
It would only be appropriate for todays music selection that we here from a couple of Doctors First Dr John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OacVjGr8o&feature=related
Now Dr Feelgood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IfEx6p4Ces

The Glowettes

Today was treatment number 26, nine to go.  It isn't too bad when you just get Bar-B-Qued and no chemo.  Actually when I see The Glowettes I wonder what would it be like to date a Glowette.  I'm not available but I'm kind of liking the individual attention you get as they (at least two in case you realize what they are doing) carefully lay you on the table with a neck rest that only a sick person could like and then tuck you in for a 10 minute session with your head bolted to the table. Are these ladies PC?  Would they use Frankenstein's built-in bolt or would it require extraction and a new mask?  Would they on the first date try and lure you into the treatment room under the pre-text of let me show you my mask collection and then for fun bolt you to the table.
What about that first trip to Daytona to show off my new, 16 pound less body and my tan lines look like I have worn a berka without neck protection?  Could this radiation be affecting my mind or have I always been sick in some sort of way?

IPOD Number 6     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZpbYqOw4o  This tells a great story, Sly and The Family Stoned
BONUS:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H7OTa6ss1E

Just Plain Lazy

MED UPDATE: Chemo 2/3 Radiation 24/35


Just lazy no other excuse, I missed yesterday and now I hurriedly try to make up.  The next song on my IPOD is an absolute classic and can be interpreted in many ways as a lot of songs give that leeway to the listener.  Today is bonus day because I want to present another song that is one of my all time favorites and took me a long time to find on the internet.


First my all time favorite, well OK so I have a few:
http://www.hounddoglorenz.com/hound_sound/theme_songs/index.php#  select "Big Heavy"  This a 1953 theme song of the Hound Dog, WKBW,   Buffalo, NY


The second by the fabulous O'jays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52z-RzXwPNI&feature=fvsr