Rumors have been circulating on the Web about Beth’s status: She’s a man, baby (not true, but she does throw like one), this cancer thing was cover for a boob job (not true), the chemotherapy caused her to lose her hair (not true, it has always been like that) and Beth has completed treatment for Stage 1b cervical cancer…DOUBLE TRUE.
Beth wrapped up her chemo-radiation regimen last week without a hitch. The last six months brought us three surgeries, six weeks of chemotherapy, five weeks of pelvic radiation treatments, five frozen embryos, and a 6″ thick file of medical bills, EoBs, and other paper artifacts. All things considered, this went much better than we expected. Beth managed to stay active the whole time and avoided most of the short-term side effects. In fact, Beth was more active while receiving chemoradiation than many (most?) unencumbered people I know. Seriously, who uses a week of radiation treatments and one chemotherapy session as a warm up for an afternoon of tennis?
So what’s next? She starts the surveillance program in which she’ll see her oncologist every three months for the 1st two years, and then with decreasing frequency through 2012.
June 27, 2007 at 7:56 am |
Hey guys,
Congratulations. We’ve been following closely and it has been inspirational to see how well Beth has been doing through the chemo treatments. We hope ours goes just as well.
All the best,