Sorry for the delay. I'm almost caught up to the present... IF you know anyone who might want to know what's going on with my predicament, feel free to send them towards this blog. it is public, after all!
After the colonoscopy, we waited to meet with the nurses for consultation. This was the time to find out all the ins and outs of chemotherapy, and find out how to deal with them as best as possible. When we got there, the nurse was very pleasant, but the first thing she said was "Seeing that we have not determined to the origin of the cancer, we will need to discuss two possible solutions." I've always been a quick study so I didn't even need to asked to see that she meant they still thought pancreatic cancer was still on the table. I started to turn into a puddle at the bottom of my shoes right about then.
My wife Angela is much smarter that she, or anyone else, gives her credit. She could see across the table that to the date on the report that the nurse was reading from was three day prior to the colonoscopy results. She pointed it our before I could say anything. The nurse immediately stopped, and asked us to hold on for a moment while she left the room. he was gone for a while. When she came back, she oppoligzed for scaring us, and that "yes, the biopsy results were colon cancer."
I won't bore you with the details, but the short version is that I will probably be tired, I may get a little sick to my stomach, but no throwing up is allowed, I will be very sensitive to cold, and I cant go in the sun without SPF30... I didn't think that sounded too bad, really. I had to decide whether I wanted chemo on Wednesdays or Thursdays. I picked Thursday, and ws told I would start the following week. Once again, we left feeling pretty good!
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