Back on track

Yesterday, my radiation oncologist, seeing that my skin has healed nicely (aloe gel) in the one week away from radiation, said we could proceed with the last six rounds of radiation treatment. My medical oncologist, who I also visited yesterday, said it was also fine to receive my last round of carboplatin, which I received today. No more chemo! Thank you seems so little to say to the nurses at the infusion center, but before leaving today, I said a big thank you to all the nurses there. They have been awesome!

Last week, towards the end of the week, I developed another lump on the right side of my neck very close to the original site of the swollen lymph nodes. I talked to both my oncologists about it. The site is receiving radiation so there is not more we can do at this time other than to monitor it closely and see what the scans tell us after treatment is complete. I am trying not to worry and hoping that it is nothing more than inflammation from the radiation. My medical oncologist scheduled a neck CT scan for next Monday to take a closer look.

Four more treatments to go!