Some of you only know me as a cellist, but I'm also a percussionist! I'm in a percussion orchestra in a really small village near Mechelen, Zemst-Laar. Yesterday we participated in the World Music Contest in Kerkrade, Netherlands. We were the winners of the day, with 90,10%! Now we have to wait for the second percussion day in the contest, the 31st of July. Then we will know who's the champion! I'm very happy I could attend this competition. By coincidence it fitted well in my chemo-schedule. There was another Belgian band who finished just a bit below and there was a nice friendly-competitive atmosphere ('t is stil aan de overkant en van die dingen ).
So that offered me some diversion from the treatment. But there's also one thing bothering me. Since a few days I can feel a little lump (bobbeltje) in my neck, at the place where the big lump used to be. It's only about 1cm, but it's strange because I couldn't feel anything there for some weeks. On the last scan I could see a lump about this size, so maybe it's just this, but I wonder why I couldn't feel it before. I think (hope!) it's very unlikely that the lymphnodes would grow during the treatment. Especially if the treatment is so definitely working... I'l have to ask the doctors but I'm afraid they will only do a new scan after the next chemo (these scans are very expensive and maybe not that healthy as well, unless I want to be radio-active man)
Monday I will go to the hospital for the third and very heavy infusion (if my blood's allright). I'll let you know what they think about it.
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