Ray’s Blog

After no sleep and reoccurring pain, at 8:30 in the morning we arrived at the cancer center to see what they could do for me and get some explanation as to what happened. Anywhere a deadly disease like cancer is being treated and the treatments occur at frequent, regular intervals, there’s a bonding that occurs between all those present, and a familiarity. Needless to say all who were there were instantly surprised to see me since I wasn’t expected until Thursday. Unfortunately, there were no answers. There was great skepticism that my symptoms had been caused by 5-FU as evidenced by the fact I left with two controlled substances for my symptoms should they continue or intensify, neither of which happened. Pain is not a side effect of chemotherapy. THERE SHOULD BE NO PAIN! Plenty of other things - nausea, fatigue, diarrhea, sensitivity to cold - but not pain. Something is wrong. more…