Cancer is a diseases that can relapse even after the first treatment had bee successfully completed. It is a heart breaking situation for the patient and their family members. I am now currently in this situation.
July, 2013, My wife had finish her last cycle of her R-CHOP chemotherapy for her Lymphoma treatment. We are happy that things has been so far so good. However after some months follow-up in the hospital, again from the CT-Scan performed somewhere end of February 2014, Doctor notice that the cancer have returned. Now it was detected some where in between the lung. Immediately my wife was advice to do another few cycle of chemotherapy. She was admitted to hospital on 10th of March 2014. This time around, she will do another three (3) to four (4) cycle of Chemotherapy and the Chemotherapy regime that going to administered to her is RICE. I do not really know what is RICE but I understand that the letter 'R' is stand for "Rituximab". This RICE regime is stronger that R-CHOP.
Another type of treatment that she have to undergo is Bone Marrow transplant. Again I do not understand and I do not know how it is going to be done but I was make understand that the transplant do not involve anything from whoever. All it takes is my wife own blood and her own bone marrow. What and advance technology we have now a days. This is estimated to take place start from 2nd of May 2014.
It is a though situation mentally and physically to her and my family. We really need all the morale support for friends and relatives. I have 4 kids, aged 10 years, 8 years old, 7 years old and the youngest is 1 years old. Looking to their face I really pity them that we have to let their grand parents to take care of them start from 26th of march 2014 until her mother recovered. That mean that we will be separated for months. I am living near my work place and I have to send them back to stay with their grandparents which take 6 hours journey to reach there. I am worried that they are far away from me. My wife and I will missed them everyday until we can visit them may be one a month. Financially it is very though challenge to me since I am the only bread winner for my family with ordinary job. I had to meet the treatment cost, my kids daily expenses staying with their grandparent, my own daily expenses or in other words my expenses will definitely increase at lease by 50% per month.
To my kids,.. Daddy and mummy will missed you all, Please endure this hard time with us..By God will Mummy will recover and we will be together again.
July, 2013, My wife had finish her last cycle of her R-CHOP chemotherapy for her Lymphoma treatment. We are happy that things has been so far so good. However after some months follow-up in the hospital, again from the CT-Scan performed somewhere end of February 2014, Doctor notice that the cancer have returned. Now it was detected some where in between the lung. Immediately my wife was advice to do another few cycle of chemotherapy. She was admitted to hospital on 10th of March 2014. This time around, she will do another three (3) to four (4) cycle of Chemotherapy and the Chemotherapy regime that going to administered to her is RICE. I do not really know what is RICE but I understand that the letter 'R' is stand for "Rituximab". This RICE regime is stronger that R-CHOP.
Another type of treatment that she have to undergo is Bone Marrow transplant. Again I do not understand and I do not know how it is going to be done but I was make understand that the transplant do not involve anything from whoever. All it takes is my wife own blood and her own bone marrow. What and advance technology we have now a days. This is estimated to take place start from 2nd of May 2014.
It is a though situation mentally and physically to her and my family. We really need all the morale support for friends and relatives. I have 4 kids, aged 10 years, 8 years old, 7 years old and the youngest is 1 years old. Looking to their face I really pity them that we have to let their grand parents to take care of them start from 26th of march 2014 until her mother recovered. That mean that we will be separated for months. I am living near my work place and I have to send them back to stay with their grandparents which take 6 hours journey to reach there. I am worried that they are far away from me. My wife and I will missed them everyday until we can visit them may be one a month. Financially it is very though challenge to me since I am the only bread winner for my family with ordinary job. I had to meet the treatment cost, my kids daily expenses staying with their grandparent, my own daily expenses or in other words my expenses will definitely increase at lease by 50% per month.
To my kids,.. Daddy and mummy will missed you all, Please endure this hard time with us..By God will Mummy will recover and we will be together again.
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