Thought I'd let y'all know what's been going on which is... not much of anything. I'm still healing from the effects of chemo and radiation but my oncologist says that I'm looking and doing great six weeks after my last treatments. I found that my cancer was because of HPV and the P16 variant that comes from... oral sex.
Yeah, when I read that, I started laughing to think that my all-time favorite sexual act wound up giving me cancer but I also thought that if head and neck cancers due to not being able to pass the HPV virus wasn't a real thing, well, it is. I didn't bother to wonder why it picked this time in my life to show up given how many dicks and pussies I've sucked and eaten over the last sixty years because kicking my ass about that wasn't going to change anything.
I got cancer. I went through the treatment protocols and, yeah, it killed me twice in the ER and believe it or not, knowing this doesn't bother me as much as some of the shit I've been experiencing post-treatment... like my throat is starting to heal and it's setting my throat and tongue into fits as the nerves that were damaged (and probably what caused my lack of taste) are regenerating and... hurts like a motherfucker. I've had this... acidic taste in my mouth and when it's present, man, my tongue feels like it's on fire and my throat pitches a bitch when I swallow... anything. The only thing that "puts out the fire" is the magic mouthwash I was prescribed; not only does it have lidocaine, it has an antacid mixed in and after taking a 10ml shot of it, it calms things down but only for a few minutes.
Not a whole lot can be done about this other than to grin and bear it and like I've had to do with the other stuff I've experienced post-treatment like I'm probably going to wind up with tubes in my ears because I have fluid in my left ear that the team agrees that I have radiation to thank for and it's like trying to clear my ears and not being able to do it; my ear almost gets there and slams the door closed. The course of steroid my ENT wanted me to try didn't make a difference so I gotta call him and tell him and we'll go from there.
Otherwise, I've been pretty good. I can taste stuff now so I'm eating and making up for lost time and calories and I'm regaining weight, which is making everyone happy.
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