My oncologist said something recently that made me stop and ponder.
I mentioned that I'm discouraged with how long it's taking to recover from the transplant. I'm still fatigued and needing oxygen 24/7.
She said she wasn't surprised at all. "After all, your body has a memory of what it's been through so it's healing from all three occurrences of cancer this time."
Wow! So my body this time is having to heal from chemo when I was 7 and 8 (MOPP and CCNU) and radiation, from chemo 4 years ago (ADV), and from chemo (ICE), radiation, and the tranplant with high-dose chemo (BCNU, Melphalan, Ara-C, and Etoposide).
Whew! No wonder I'm so tired!
It's like you're recuperating from running 3 marathons!
ReplyDeleteVery true!
ReplyDeleteYou've come a LONG way, Trish! Way to go. You are such a fighter...I love that about you.
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