Friday, 12/10/10
While enjoying Christmas festivities at my boss’ house this afternoon I got a call from the radiology office. My radiation simulation for that evening was being canceled. I was scheduled to start treatment on Monday, but they were canceling that as well. They were having problems getting the necessary approval from my insurance company and I was going to be in a holding pattern for the next few days. I met with my oncologist that afternoon and he couldn’t believe that radiation hadn’t been approved. Typically, 5-FU and radiation are administered concurrently so I asked if this would be a problem. He reassured me that the two treatments did not have to be administered simultaneously. If radiation was delayed a couple of days or even a week it still wouldn’t change the effectiveness of the regimen. He said the important thing was to get started with treatment and soon. I would come back to the office on Monday afternoon and they would attach an infusion pack of 5-FU to my chemo port. The pack would administer a continuous dose of 5-FU, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I would just need to come back to the office weekly for five weeks to exchange the old infusion pack for a new pack.
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