TheNursingStudent

It has been a little over a month since my partiod surgery. I am slowly improving little by little. I am able to talk a little better and able to eat much more than before however, I still have trouble with my right eye being super dry due to the trauma done to the facial nerve in which I am unable to blink normally, nevertheless, I am hopeful that one day it would resolve and go back to normal.  Toward the end of December I met with the radiation oncology doctor who went over my treatment plan with me. Treatment will consists of a 6 week radiation Monday-Friday. I will see her tomorrow for another follow up appointment for a CT scan and a mask as well as talking more about my treatment. I was lucky enough to have the support of my school to adjust my clinical rotation to the weekend instead for the upcoming term and they are willing to accommodate my radiation schedule which I am super thankful for. I just hope that everything will be smooth sailing from here on out. I know tha...

So it has been a while since I last update. It has been a hacked months with learning about my new diagnosis and treatment plan. After surgery, I was inform that the tumor was indeed malignant (cancer) and not just that but a rare type of cancer call lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland. I was devastated and I felt like my whole world was turn upside down. I was hoping that the tumor was benign and I can move on with my life after the surgery. However, to my dismay I was diagnosis with cancer. I would lie if I said that I took the news with great optimistic, but it was nothing like that. For the next couple of days while I was waiting for my oncology appointment for a follow up and to go over the next step in my treatment, I felt hopeless and defeated. I felt like crying as my diagnosis eats me little by little until I felt like I have no energy left in me. There were times in which I thought it would have been better if I was just dead and not have to go through this. B...