Preparation for Chemotherapy

Have you ever been to the situation when someone told you to turn left and the other told you to turn right?

I was in that situation. But, it was not about the direction, it was about the eating program. I consulted the doctor about what would be best for me. The answer was to eat every good food as I would need to be healthy and ready for the chemotherapy.

I once said to my friend after we visited my cousin, P’ Taktaen who died from liver cancer last November, at her house. She was only 37 and found having cancer at the very final stage. At that time, I had yet been to the cancer moment yet.

“Pup, if I got cancer, just let me eat anything I want”.

I did not lose my appetite. I still enjoyed eating and could eat most of good food. I fed myself with food, fruits, snack and food supplement. If you could eat, please do eat anything you can. Once when the chemo side effect caused you to have taste changed or mouth sores, it would be even hard to eat. I, myself, have drunk many big jars of carrot and apple juice a day and took Protein, Vitamin C, Q10, Folic acid form of capsule, milk, vegetables and fruits.

Dr. Kanchana – the doctor in charge of the Tumor Clinic for my next treatment plan. Due to the fact that I was under 35 years old, the treatment plan was set to prevent the cancer to come back; 6 chemo sessions, 30 radiation sessions and 5 years of hormone treatment. I should call this “my preventive Baby, don’t come back plan”.

I thought I only got stage 1...oh no…the preventive plan came in a combo set. I was not worried about hair loss, but more about my immune system. That would be very much obstacle my work. The agency work was something you would really be with it 24x7 with your heart and soul. I have not yet seen a person with strong mind but weak physical health can climb up to the top in the agency work. My parents told me to relocate to Udornthani so that they could take care of me. How about my pug dog? These and those. I began to worry about my future and that made me blue again.

Life is all about up and down. We could not be always down forever. No one could make us down unless we allow ourselves to be depressed. I did not like to be depressed for too long because it was not fun. Black and blue were not my favorite color. After a short while, I would just tell myself to be “enough” with the down feeling and got back to the brave heart again. I wanted to live and I would be survived. Then I was back to normal with brave heart and good physical health.

The day I had my blood work for the chemotherapy, I was very confident it would come out well. And it was. It was surely because of my good “well-being plan & implementation”.

According to those blood work figures, it was just like I become a healthy person again. Most people always said I did not look like a sick or people with cancer. Of course!