Friday, July 23, 2010

last one

last night i took a spoonful of morphine, and i went to sleep. in the middle of the night, i woke up twice due to the dryness in the throat, drank some water, endured a while for the pain, went back to sleep. consider the best sleep for the past 2 weeks.

woke up at 8, breakfast at 9, morphine at 10, then i knocked out again. woke up at 12, i felt very very tired. if not becos i need to eat my lunch then go for the last session of radio treatment, i would probably sleep till 2pm, morphine again, sleep to 6, morphine, sleep to 10...

damn. this is not the kind of life i want. at least not now.

nothing special with the last session. after i finished, the therapist ask me if i wan to bring back the mask. during the split second, thoughts were flying across my mind. it's a weird thing that pple will wan to keep the mask. why would i wan to bring the mask home? souvenir? keep in the store room so that the next time my friend visit, i'll tell them, "nah, this is the mask i used for radiation therapy..."? bring home wear it and take some pictures, then throw it into the rubbish bin?

i still keep the oldest pair of my army uniform which i worn since BMT all the way until i ORD until i finished my reservist. i still keep my super duper worn out jersey which i worn during every training session in my old college days. there r many things i would like to keep becos they bring back sweet and bitter memories of the olden days. but the mask? no. i think it'll only bring back tears and sorrows. nothing more than that. how i wish i could brainwash this part of he memory forever.

i was scheduled to see radiation oncologist one month later, ENT doctor two months later. then, byebye, i HOPE, i didn't need to go back there again.

now, i'm left with the last session of chemo.


1 comment:

  1. Finally, this comes to an end. Maximum two more weeks of sufferings in pain (I assumed based on what you wrote earlier) then you will need to prepare mentally for the final report to be released by the doctor in charge.

    In all senses, you have fought these sessions bravely and done your own deeds to redeem yourself from this curse of cancer. Be strong in the upcoming verdict.

    I don't know about the rest, however I am definitely proud to have a brother like you. Whatever the outcome is ... I certainly hope that we can still both travel to nam nao next year spring.

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