Update II

[Innkeeper]

Well we saw the radiologist on Monday and the oncologist on Wednesday. We now have an action plan. I start radiation on Wednesday (12th) and chemotherapy the following Monday (17th).

The radiation will be done at Douglas-Wentworth Hospital in Dover where they have state of the art equipment. It will go for 28 days. That will be five days per week unless snow, Christmas, or other medical appointments happen. Then missed days will be added on until 28 sessions are complete.

The chemo will be done at the Cancer Center at Frisbie Hospital in Rochester. It will involve four days a month for four months. They have to install a port for the chemo. It is a day surgery procedure. Hopefully it will be before the chemo starts; otherwise they have to get in another more distasteful way.

It will be a rough time. You have all heard about all the normal side effects. My mother had a less common one, sores in her mouth. We have been advised to gargle with baking soda and water to avoid this one. There will be no alcohol allowed during radiation. At the end of each chemo cycle I can have a little wine.

That is the status at this point.