Very best of luck to you Monkey. I know we don’t really know each other, but I often spare a thought your way with wishes of best possible outcomes.
It’s not prayer, but it’s something. 
Good luck. EH??? GOOD LUCK!!!
StG
MonkeyMensch, I’m sending good vibes your way as well. I love how your radiologist was able to put things in perspective with such elegance.
Hearing loss sucks, but most of us suffer some degree of it sooner or later. At least you have a good excuse. (Better than some people who went to a Grand Funk Railroad concert when she was 13 in the days before decibel limits and stupidly stood with her right ear facing 20 feet from a wall o’ speakers for the whole performance. But I digress.)
There are treatments for hearing loss and it sounds like you’re at least going to retain hearing in your left ear. All good news!! Please continue to let us know how things are going, if you’re inclined.
StGermain put it best: GOOD LUCK!!!
Best wishes! Come back soon and tell all.
Yeah, I appear to be suffering some sort of persistent tinnitus as a side effect - along with some others - of being treated with radiation last year.
But, dude, it beats dying.
This happened to my dad from his cancer treatment as well, it took most of what little hearing he had left.
Well I got up early and went out to the office for the big treatment. Things ran right on time and went smoothly. Had another nice chat with my radiologist and he was pleased as punch with the targeting and the general process. We won’t know for sure till I get yet another MRI in six weeks or so, followed by another consultation, but I was heartened to hear his downgrading of the risk for hearing loss. So with another chemotherapy “pulse” of days starting tomorrow I am as optimistic as circumstances allow.
That’s great news!!
I glad it went well. How many treatments in a “pulse”?
Woot! Keep up the good fight.
Glad to hear it, MM! Way to throw a Mensch into the works.
A pulse is five days of double dose chemo followed by 23 days of no chemo to make a 28 day cycle. Three more cycles and then we’ll see.
And after some delays from the insurance company I finally picked up the chemo doses this morning just one day late. I almost paid cash ($200) but then the insurance got approved and I paid the usual $3. I do like my insurance carrier.
And now that three hours have passed since ingestion, I’m barfing. Ugh. I’ve actually gotten used to the vomiting; it’s the nausea that makes you feel like hell. You’re supposed to feel better after barfing, but no, the nausea just lingers right on…So four more days, and then a rest. Good on ya all.
Ugh. Is there any anti-nausea meds that work for you? I’m nauseous a lot (neurological condition). I alternate between 3 meds, but sometimes nothing really helps. I empathize. I hope the rest of this pulse goes quickly.
Great to see you still can laugh, MM.
Wishing you the best!!
Hoping for the best for you.
Another one rooting for you MonkeyMensch! I hope your nausea has gotten better.
The things I find out about my fellow Botticelli players. Kick cancer’s ass, MM!
I go for an MRI on the ninth and hope to see no new gegrowth but in all honesty I’m completely pessimistic and feel whatever life I have left Months?’ will be spent in various nasty IV chemo and any other thing that can be thought up.
I read today about a modified Polio virus being used to treat aggressive brain tumors. I’ll dig up more info and send it over if it looks relevant. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past few years, it’s that I’m my best advocate and it never hurts to ask. Sometimes the rock to move up the hill looks pretty damn big too.
The reality is that it’s your life. Spend your time the way you want to. If you want to try everything you can, do that. If you want to be comfortable and visit Paris or Uruguay, then do that. There may be a middle ground between those two where you aren’t so miserable. You have some time to think about this. I hope you feel a bit better over the next week or so.