25/10/10 - 1st day radio theraphy... celebrate 大姑 birthday

today morning went mild chemo at Gleneagles..
dosage is 30-50% of my full chemo..
this has to be done every mon for 6 wks..
concurrently with my daily radiotherapy at Gleneagles too..
its call Chemo-radiotherapy
sob :(
dun like chemo..
cos i mite still experience constipation n no appetite n moody..
hope not...

in afternoon, i did 1st time radio..
radio procedure is fast n simple..
just lie down n dun move n wait for the machine to rotate..
the "blasting" of radio frequency is just split second..
i dun see any laser or electric or anything..
cant see anything..
maybe got very little bit of warmness at stomach/pelvix area..

this is how the radio machine looks like..

however, the preparation for radio take quite some time..
need to clamp the mold onto my stomach so tat i wont move ard etc..
total spent ard 40min..
the radio only takes 15mins..

anyway the cost for 28wks of radio is $15k..
i also need to pay for wkly chemo which is abt $1100/session..
for 5-6wks.. abt $6600..

so my total hospital + all chemo + radio = $53,000!!!!!
still got pre n post hospital misc things.. also rounds up to be few thousand ba..
lucky Pru pay all... phew..

one concern is whether the follow up chk ups in future is it expensive..
cos future normal reviews is not reimbursable..

-my surgeon: doc Koh Cheng Huat  review shd be ard $60-$100++/time..
need to see him every 3 mths i think.. cos every 3 mths need to do papsmear..

-Chemo doc, doc See Hui Ti
only $60/time..

-Radio doc, doc Yang Tuck Loong..
he's at Gleneagles medical oncology centre.
think his review also cost $100/time..

i think its quite ok la..
cos mine is private ma..
i also dun need medication after all treatment..
so wont have to worry abt medicine cost..

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after radio i went back ah ma hse rest..
cos meeting 大姑,二姑,小姑 for dinner..
dear, 姑丈, xinning, shuning, kaixi n bro also join in..
we are celebrating 大姑's birthday..
haha...
大姑 n bro..

this is the start of the meal..

its at a jap restaurant at basement of Jurong Pt..
its buffet style.. its not bad la..
got big big crab claws, mussels, scallop n many jap food..
jus dun have oyster...
i didnt eat all these..
its $42++/pax..

二姑 n us..

i took cook food..
paper soup, abit sushi..
but 姑姑 say better dun eat sushi cos scared the chef hand not clean when wrap sushi..
im still super full cos ate some dessert, chicken etc..
can still eat alot stuff la..
enjoyed ourselves cos its a good gathering..
esp dear join in..

also played games with kaixi..
its standing up and physically gesture scissors, paper, stone.
abit tired la..
as if the whole restuarant is ours..
but fun la..haha..
love all my 姑姑s...

decent bye bye pic..

 funny poses!

we all were super full!