The whole body hyperthermia could not have gone any better today! He did GREAT! He was quite tired afterwards, a side effect of the sedation, but was up and about this evening looking for food... ha ha. I found him in the hall when I got back from dinner (he was asleep when I left, so I thought he'd be sleeping for a while longer) looking for tea, a good sign that he felt well. I've attached a photo of the unit; kind of cool. They lay on the "meshy" mattress, and the heat goes in from all angles. Some people get a bit of a sunburn from it, but he didn't have any side effects, which was great. They administered the low-dose chemo, but the particular one that he had is very mild and shouldn't cause any side effects.
Whew! What a relief to have that over with. It will take a while before we'll know what kind of impact it's made on the cancer, but in the meantime, he seems to be doing great. It's really a breeze; no big deal at all!
I'll try to post more this weekend, otherwise we'll be back home Tuesday! :)
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