You know how I wrote that post about how the body heals itself? And how miserable the radiation treatment's were? Well, the treatments are all done for 2 months and the recovery is happening. S-l-o-w-l-y. He is talking well (I think). Able to drink some by mouth and swallow medications rather than having to use the PEG tube for everything. Walking without pain or walker.
As a physician I knew that progressive illnesses take a decline-plateau-decline-plateau pattern as they worsen. I hadn't considered that healing takes the same pattern but in reverse: improve-plateau-improve-plateau. But that is what is happening. The improvement is great. The plateau is freaky because it makes you wonder, "Is this it? Is this as good as it gets??"
Statistics I have read say that only half of people feel back to normal 6 months after they end radiation and chemo. This is reassuring since Brian is only 2 months out from treatment. We will continue to watch and see how long the healing takes.
ALB
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