Eight Days to GO

So, lets see, what to tell. It is almost a week away from my first round of treatments...how am I feeling? A bit nervous, but I know that everything will be all right. Sure I will probably lose my hair, lose some weight, and hey...look like a chemo patient! It will be ok though, I have plenty of family and friends to support me, not only that but a positive outlook on life.

I didn’t used to be like that though, I used to not understand, I used to not get why I had all this crap happened to me. I have come to realize...the answer to that question is.....wait for it....wait for it.....SHIT HAPPENS!

One thing that is really going to suck is not being able to work for about 3 or 4 months! Luckily though I have talked to work, and they told me that I will still have a job when I am done with treatment. I have to go and fill out paperwork tomorrow morning with them to get ready for all this.

On a brighter note, I went out to the movies last night...with a girl, we saw Paranormal Activity, it was pretty good. The ending was a real shocker, I would recommend seeing it!

I know wait wait wait...with a girl, not with my friends...it was nice, it was fun, and I cannot wait to do it again...dinner....a movie....whatever!

So that is all for right now! I am watching the Watchmen with Jill and Derek right now, working on this, and chatting with a certain someone!

Work at 9 tonight until 8 tomorrow....text me!

-The Tech

Day after decision making

So yesterday I went in for some Blood Work, to check levels like my Alpha Beta Protein and crap like that, and then I met with the doctor.

So Basically what everything came down to, this is the short version, is that in 2 weeks from yesterday, I am going to be starting Chemotherapy. I will have a 21 day cycle in which the first 5 days I will be in treatment, then off for the next 16 days, then on the 22nd day I will start treatment again. Unfortunately for the first reatment I am going to have to be hospitalized for observation. Hopefully after the first treatment I will be able to do the rest of the treatments as an outpatient.

Ok so that is enough of that for now...beyond that, in preparation for losing my hair, I have shaved it down to next to nothing, and cut most of my beard off...

For now though I must get some sleep since I got home from work 3 hours ago and am exhausted.

-The Tech

Enjoy life, because this is NOT a dress rehearsal

So, once again I am laying in my bed, it is about 7:54 PM, and I am talking to some friends online, playing FarmVille, and watching Dawn of the Dead on BluRay....mmmmm high-def zombies hahaha.

Anyway, I have some bad and good news to report. First for the bad news...Friday I found out that I do in fact have cancer again. The same type as before, but this time it is more in my abdomen. Unfortunately this time they are not going to be able to just do surgery and thats that. This time they are going to have to give me treatments. It may be end up being Chemo, but they could also decide to do Radiation Therapy. Depending on what they do will depend on how rough of a time I am going to have.

That is all for now really. I will write more when i know more.

So long for now,

- The Tech

And Now I Wait...

So I am laying in my bed, home alone, and now wide awake after the 6 hour nap that I took. It is currently 1:40 AM, and I am wide awake...I guess that is what happens when you work third shift. I have decided that third shift really is the place for me, I love the hours and I love the people that I work with. Anyways, yesterday morning at 8 AM I arrived at Crouse Hospital for my Para-Aortic Needle Biopsy. Last week I had gone to the doctor to get my normal 3 month check up with my Oncologist, and there was a mass that appeared on my CT Scan. So I went in for the biopsy, got the happy drugs, and they got what they needed to run some tests. I asked the doctor when I should have the results to the test which will determine my very near future.

To give you a little back history on why I am going to the oncologist in the first place. In March of last year, the 28th to be exact I went into the hospital to have a cancerous mass removed from my body. I had Testicular Cancer, it was a Seminoma, and rather small so it wasn’t a big deal. I have been having scans ever since just as some preventative steps.

So now I am worried that it may be back, but a different kind this time, and if I do, there are very good chances that things will not be as pleasant or simple to take care of my issue this time. Anyways, that is enough for now I guess. Whatever happens it will be ok and I will take it with a grain of salt, can’t let things like that get to me.

So long for now,

-The Tech