Um, No, I am not channelling Queen or Freddie Mercury... and if I were to do that, it would not be with that song, which is one of the few songs of Queens' that I actually DON'T like :-D.
Radiotherapy is the subject here.
Since the radiotherapy machine in the hospital we usually go to is not working, our lovely oncologist (Yes, he is a truly lovely person) directed us to another oncologist at the hospital in KL where Husband had his original operation. So, we went to see him today (Man, I got to say, I HATE the waiting time at this hospital. For a private hospital, they are not very efficient in their systems, though they do have wonderful doctors and nurses.) Anyway, the outcome, to cut a long story short, is that, over the next 5 days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday), Husband is going to have 5 short bursts of radiotherapy, focused on the bones in the spine (around the sacrum area) that seem to be most affected by the cancer.
He had a CT Scan today, focused on those bones, and the therapy starts tomorrow. No fixed time yet - as they will call us when it is all ready. This CT Scan did not cause as much suffering as normal, as no contrast dye was required, so there was no intravenous injection of dye necessary! That was a major relief to Husband (and to me!).
The doctor did explain to us that the pain could be due to TWO reasons - one of which could be infection caused by the operation to close the bed sore wound. BUT, because Husband has absolutely no fever, there is no discharge, and everything has healed well, he has ruled out infection. That leaves the metastasis of the cancer into the spinal bones in the sacrum area (shows up very clearly in the scan) as the primary cause of the intensifying pain. He did say that for colon cancer to metastasise into the bones, without spreading to the soft organs, is very very very rare. Trust Husband to always be in the extremely tiny minority for ANYTHING!
The doc also told us that Husband should feel pain relief very soon after start of radiotherapy - with any luck, even after the first or second session Husband should feel better. But, as my pessimistic Husband says, "I'll believe it when I feel it."
I guess I can't blame him at all for being so pessimistic, when it feels that lately NOTHING has been going his way at all. My poor, poor babe!! :-(
This oncologist will also be having a discussion with our oncologist to discuss what further options for treatment there may be - as we seem to be running out of possible new drugs and options to try!
Fingers crossed everyone, and prayers going.
Next update will be after a couple of radiotherapy sessions, as we will know better then whether there is any improvement.
Till then, keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, and stay safe, stay HEALTHY!
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