Today is Dad’s 58th birthday. I kid around with him that he only has 2 more years to get that “Senior Citizen” discount at Golden Corral. LOL!!! If yall get a chance, write in on the guestbook and wish him a happy birthday: https://www.dac24.com/guestbook
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!
Chemo: Dad had intravenous chemo given to him once a week for 5 weeks straight. Out of those 5 weeks, 3 of the weeks he also took chemo pills on the days he had radiation. He had his last chemo treatment on October 10th.
Radiation: Dad started his Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) treatments on September 10, 2013. Today, October 17th, was dad’s last day of radiation treatment. In total, he had 28 IMRT treatments.
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Now what? Well, it’s a waiting game now. Dad will go back in 6 weeks, roughly the first or second week of December from now and get a PET Scan and an GI Endoscopy done. These tests will tell us how well the chemo and radiation treatment did and go from there. In the meantime, Dad’s body has to heal from all the radiation. Within a couple weeks, he should get his voice back and his energy level should increase too.
I have compile a 2 minute and 11 second video of dad’s final day of radiation on October 17, 2013 at 6:15am. It’s not as dramatic as the proton radiation dad had back in March – April 2013, but still a big day for Dad. I hope yall enjoy it.
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- Dr. Hassan, MDA – Clear Lake Chemo Specialist, Hematology and Oncology
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- Dr. Ajani, MDA – Downtown Chemo Specialist, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
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- Dr. Skinner, MDA – Downtown Radiation Specialist, Department of Radiation Oncology
Can you believe this… Dad only has 2 more intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatments. His last treatment is schedule for October 17, 2013 at 6:15am.
Below is a countdown to October 17, 2013 at 6:15am:
[ujicountdown id=”Last Day of Radiation Treatment” expire=”2013/10/17 06:15″]
Fighting cancer every day. Stronger than cancer. We will not give up. Cancer will be destroyed. Here is a little part of our celebration over kicking cancer butt for one year. We went to Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen to celebrate. Go team Cunningham 10/11/2013
Today was my daddy one year victory over cancer. we are fighting the fight every day. more details of how we celebrated will come over the weekend. Words can not even express how much I am so thankful to God, to my family and to all of our friends. I just wanted to say I am so thankful that my dad is kicking cancer butt a day at a time. His last radiation treatment is this coming Thursday. Faith in God tells me that in Dec, when we have his PET scan, he will be cancer free.
