Friday, May 8, 2020

Keeping the Faith for Over A Decade

ODYSSEY is a Greek epic poem written by Homer (a poet) about the long journey of a man named Odysseus (Greek King of Ithaca), or a long and eventual journey or experience...

My journey/experience has lasted almost 13 full years and while this journey started with one cancer:  non-Hodgkin's "B" cell Lymphoma, treatments for that cancer resulted in me having to remove 4 Squamous Cell Carcinomas on my upper body and a Melanoma off the bottom of my foot as well as upsetting the balance of my Thyroid.  Interestingly, surgery did not prevent my Melanoma from aggressively returning.  
My body, over the 12+ years, has suffered bouts with nausea, violent vomiting, constant and extreme fatigue, as well as the stress of weight gain (due to steroids) and the anxieties associated with my cancers becoming aggressive and unstoppable.What has been the most traumatic is not the nausea and vomiting because they can be offset or stopped with drugs and/or visits to the ER if necessary which is what I had to do several time; but the constant and extreme fatigue...  pills WILL NOT STOP fatigue from taking place...  Once fatigue starts, it NEVER leaves...  HOWEVER, recently it appears that my body has finally come to terms with its fatigue and is no longer (at least temporarily) present to the extent that I do not want to do anything.

WILL EVERYONE experience what I experienced?  Maybe or Maybe Not, the experience could be the same, no as bad, or worse...  each individual is different...  Last year, radiation was used with Opdivo infusions to KILL THE MELANOMA and it worked whereas in some individuals under similar circumstances, the combination has not worked.

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