A New Drug

Yesterday I started taking a new drug for my cancer treatment. After 2 years of taking a drug called Sutent, I was prescribed a new drug called Inlyta. The side effects of the Sutent were getting harsher and causing me eating problems which also caused me to lose weight. Not eating and losing weight are frowned upon by my doctor. Hopefully the new pills will be as effective at holding my cancer at bay as the old medicine was.

Ongoing Stuff

So, it's been over two years since I was first diagnosed with the big C. First, I had some immunotherapy treatments that ended with mixed results. Since then I've been taking a chemo type pill that has some unpleasant side effects. I take the pills for 28 days followed by a 14 day reprieve. Then back to the pills.
  A year ago I was having some pain in my left hip that was found to be a small tumor. They were able to do a procedure that involved freezing the blood supply in the vessels feeding the spot and cementing the outer portion.
  Now I have some extreme pain in the right buttocks. Once again, a new treatment. Radiation. I'm not looking forward to it but if it relieves the pain and removes the spot, let's go. Ten to fifteen treatments and I should be done. At least until the next flair up. It's hard to keep a positive attitude when it just seems to be a nonstop series of problems. I just try to remember that a lot of people have more serious ailments than I do and others that don't get to stick around as long as I have.