Hi @Faith-and-Hope. Also @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Determined.
I really need a nice hot chocolate right now, as its been an emotional roller coaster these past few days. Decisions made, plans in place emotional discussions. Sigh.
Hubby is taking it all pretty good, and remaining fairly positive, despite not feeling too well the past few days. He is having some lung and chest issues, likely symptoms from his melanoma starting to show themselves, according to the oncologist.
After making decisions over the weekend for hubby's anti-cancer treatment, today we have been given a treatment start date of Thursday week. That will give them time for the medications to come up from Sydney. Luckily treatment can all be done locally in the oncology clinic at our rural referral hospital. So thats a definite positive. So every 3 weeks over the next 12 weeks, hubby needs to go to the oncology clinic and have a 4hr infusion of anti-cancer Combination Treatments. After that it reverts to just a single drug which will be a 1hr IV infusion every 2 weeks. That will be for however long the treatment remains effective, if at all. But only for a maximum of 2 years. Not sure what happens after that?
We have an appointment at the hospital on Friday for an education session. I think its to give us more of an idea of what to expect, what to look out for, when to seek Dr assistance while undergoing treatment, meeting more members of the oncology team, all that kind of stuff.
So I have just been drifting along from day to day, in a bit of a physically and emotionally exhausted daze really. I think I'll be glad when treatment starts, then we'll have a bit of an idea of how hubby is going to tolerate the treatment, and even whether he will be up to staying on it.
I'm sorry I havent been around to support any of you good people. I've really just been poking my head in from time to time and checking on you all, but saying very little. I just havent had much to say that would help anyone unfortunately. I really do care though. 
Sherry
