Cancer Stinks!

On October 5, 2011, I went into the McKay Dee surgical center in Ogden to have my tonsils removed. Instead, the doctors found a cancerous tumor growing behind my tonsils. It's called "Nasopharyngeal Rhabdomyosarcoma" and I'm told it's curable about 80% of the time for someone like me. It's going to be a long road, but I think it's going to be 100%.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Yesterday, Jeremy had his VAC chemo at Primary's. We survived the long night and are happy to be home. Three weeks ago, at the end of radiation, Jeremy started coughing when he drinks and started snoring when he is asleep (he has been doing better the last few days). It is probably due to swelling from radiation. It could also be from the Vincristine (chemo medicine) or a combination of both radiation and chemo. Dr. Spraker thought it would be best for Jeremy to take a break from his Vincristine chemo for two weeks and it was decided to wait on the xray cough evaluation and scope for a few more weeks to give Jeremy more time to heal from the radiation. We are hopeful with a little time to heal that this will resolve itself.

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