As we mentioned in our last post, the first chemo did not go well. A rare reaction the the 5FU resulted in a ''cardiac event''. As a result we had a meeting with the oncologist to explore how we will proceed with Tony's chemo treatment. It's another ''that didn't go as expected'' moment. We discussed what might happen next over the weekend and we expected they'd tone down the drugs used to minimise side effects, we pondered if they'd perhaps admit Tony for future treatments so that he would be in a safe environment should there be any further issues. Nope! The oncologist explained that waht we have experienced is very, very rare. She's only seen it happen 3 times in her career. She explained that treatment would temporarily stop. In that moment both Tony and I tensed. It was another moment in which the world stopped spinning. I asked Tony what he was thinking, I could see the gears in his mind turning. He simply replied '...
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