Eric’s Carcinoid Journey

Now that we are four weeks + post treatment, I find that I am back to some sort of normalcy for me. Which is very good considering the somewhat daunting tasks we have planned for this winter. All of June we will be in Turkey (for business) and Italy (for pleasure). July is Singapore for two weeks on business. August we’re in Melbourne on business and September we are off to Sydney on business again. Then comes the holiday rush after that!

Other than a low white cell and platelet count, all side effects of the treatments seem to have move on. We have been majorly busy getting a large shipment of soap and bath products off to Turkey these three past weeks, so I have hardly had time to think, let alone write anything. As potentially exhausting as that was, I stood up very well and had enough energy to spare to do a few things around the house that have been waiting for several months to get my attention. Emotionally, I think knowing all the treatments are behind me has certainly been a boost too. I will look with interest to the results of next November’s MRI scan, but my body says things are well under control right now.

We are back to the gym as well, but still not as often as we would like or as we need. Just too many demands for our time recently, but we are gradually increasing our presence there. It feels good and our intentions are good as well, we just have to make more time available for ourselves in this case.

My commitment to the study still requires five more weeks of blood samples, but that is a small burden compared to the benefits I have derived.

Bless you all, take care and keep well, …be back soon

Eric

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