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by Hugh Cook |
hughcook.com |
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During the four months February 2005 - May 2005 inclusive I received chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) at Auckland Hospital in New Zealand.
Three chemotherapy agents were used. During six cycles of chemotherapy, I received methotrexate and vincristine. Additionally, on six occasions Ara-C was delivered to the spinal area by lumbar puncture. The results of this chemotherapy, as far as I can tell, were as follows:- (i) I had a little vomiting and nausea during the first chemotherapy cycle but none thereafter; (ii) At one stage I had one small mouth ulcer; (iii) I experienced diminished energy levels during the period in which I was receiving chemotherapy and for some time after; (iv) The cancer had largely vanished by the time chemotherapy was finished (with radiation therapy scheduled to follow after chemotherapy); (v) My brain shrank. I am unable to objectively assess what effects the shrinking of my brain may have had on my mental performance. Subjectively, I feel okay. I ended up feeling satisfied with the treatment that I had received but strongly negative about hospital food. |
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Big brown garbage bag of stuff. Swollen poison Thick as yellow urine. Pissing into my system. I want to scrub away the image With strawberries Sweetened with sunlight. |
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