This story has more reboots than the Star Trek franchise...

12 chemo treatments
Major surgery
8 chemo treatments
Major surgery
...

4/22/15 - I thought I was done after that. Not so much... I'm actually sitting in the waiting room for radiation oncology right now waiting for my simulation. They do a simulation to map out your anatomy before your first treatment. It's funny that I used to get anxious about all the CT scans I was getting. I've had about a dozen now... But that's nothing compared to the dose of radiation I'm going to get from each of these treatment  that's coming. Five days a week for four weeks, I'll be getting blasted by a linear accelerator. Each exposure from that will be greater than all of those CTs combined!

Radiation therapy is for that spot low on my left side that was found to be cancerous in its biopsy. I've been told that the side effects should be minimal. Maybe nothing... Either way, it's supposed to be the last step in the journey for a while.

4/30/15 -  I've had two treatments now. They go really quick. I met with my oncologist yesterday, and he confirmed that everything looks really good. He says current treatment not withstanding, I'm done! We transition to the 3 month checkup phase. That means REMISSION. Yesterday was a pretty good day...

I met with the radiation oncology doc today, and we talked about my visit yesterday. He feels the same way... Waaaay back in the beginning of all this, I mentioned what Dr. Campbell said about having a 30 or 40 year lifespan regardless of what we do to the cancer. My doc today said almost the exact same thing without me prompting him, or even mentioning what Dr. Campbell said. I like it when they're on the same page.

He also said I'll probably only need 16 treatments instead of 20! I still get the same amount of exposure, but larger doses in fewer visits. I would just as soon get this over with. By the way, I get 220 centigrays of exposure to that specific spot on my hip per visit. If you're curious what that means, I'm going to make you look it up yourself! It's your homework assignment...