Wow, now it's really been 4.5 weeks since her diagnosis. Oh man time flies really just flying. Meanwhile, the constant waiting is over and I'm finally on the current state of affairs:
My hopes have been fulfilled and I am immensely happy to be only in the stage of disease 1A (A means that I have at no Nebebsymptome as night sweats or weight loss. .
The whole thing has a demensprechend affect my treatment and means that I am even spared chemotherapy. My oncologist said that I would be treated with chemotherapy well, that you would break with me more than cure. This is probably mainly from the lower stages.
the call from my specialist I got last week. Before, I had to be measured my blood cells sedimentation rate (how fast the blood to the serum). This works on a routine and I knew a few hours later that all was well with me in the frame. Would not this been so, had the can negatively affect my stage.
I learned that I finally "only" get radiation therapy. It is recommended that in addition to antibody therapy, but unfortunately only in combination will give me chemo paid by health insurance. The reason is that, unfortunately far too little are studies on the efficiency of antibody therapy and she is very very expensive. Total (€ 10000) That it is in itself only in acute cases, which are paid at a higher stage.
I originally had the idea to participate in a study in order to get the best possible treatment methods, but unfortunately in this area are currently no open study found. Moreover, one would thus have a kind of "guinea pigs", despite the possibility at any time to withdraw from the study ... Well, I still trust my doctors and I hope that it is done with radiation therapy for me. You wonder how this will certainly look like, so here a brief description:
Radiation therapy is the direct destruction of cancer cells. It can be used to cure the cancer, but also - as so-called palliative care - to treat symptoms in advanced disease.
The radioactive rays are shot and penetrate into the cell. A part of them reaches the DNA is damaged by the fire. This does not mean the death of the cell - but it is a program error generates, the "remembers" the DNS. The error affects mainly when the cancer cell divides again. She passes the error on both resulting cells.
Since radiation treatments are used several times done the same at the next Treatment. The cancer cells can for the most part still divide a few times, at one of the following cell divisions they die but in the end, because the make too many errors accumulate haben.Grundsätzlich radioactive no difference between healthy cells and cancer cells, the latter are much through the often extremely high growth rate sensitive than the predominantly slow-growing healthy tissue. Healthy cells have an additional repair mechanism better than cancer cells and can compensate for the bug better. Also in the
Strahlentherpie may be some side effects but depending on the degree of exposure, the place and my condition:
Some people connect no or almost no side effects, others again to respond strongly to treatment. Some side effects were fatigue, anorexia, local hair loss, nausea / vomiting, inflammation of the throat and skin changes. How do I take the whole thing will remain to be seen.
with me now goes further as follows: Tomorrow I have my first appointment with the radiation oncologist, radiation oncologist then at the Paracelsus Clinic in Ruit. by First there will be a preliminary discussion and it discussed some findings (CT scans, the final report from the oncologist, etc.) after being irradiated will determine how much, that is, how much Gray. This maximum number of Gray will be in divided doses over several weeks. In general, 4-6 weeks á irradiated 5 days a week. The weekend is free, so that the healthy cells can recover. Nevertheless, the whole must take place during the week, without interruption, otherwise the growth cycle of the cancer cells can not be bothered enough.
After determining the max. Gray figure has to be determined exactly where must be betsrahlt. (On CT images) Afterwards, a sample irradiation and determined finally made a new start date when the actual irradiation. I will then probably be able to report tomorrow everything.
I hope you with some explanations are not bored too much, but I know that some of you interested, so the detail. Other than that I is actually jut. Have has started again with the sport and realize how much I missed the balance. 'm Just glad it finally move on and that - should there be any complications - may be possible for me to study again in mid-April. Nevertheless, I would not rush to address and "step by step" things.
Up daro I wish you pleasant rest ne week - you do not let too much stress - there simply are more important things in life ;-)
I let the days to hear from me!
Take care, Felix
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