Journey Through Cancer – Chapter 20 – The “Golden Hour” and Treatment Progress

In Emergency Medicine, particularly Trauma Care, there is often talk of the “Golden Hour,” the first hour after the injuries, during which the efforts of emergency staff have the greatest potential benefit. I have my own version of the “Golden Hour,” the first hour or more after each treatment during which I cannot feel any particular effects of that treatment. For that period of time I don't have any new skin, urinary, or hemorrhoid irritation. After that I have to deal with them and to continue to be grateful that I don't have any worse side effects. Since I'm now almost ¾ of the way through my course of treatment, that is a cause for gratitude.
Since I started treatment, every week new X-rays are taken and I see a radiation oncologist, but I don't get any information on the progress of my treatment. They never tell me whether my tumor has changed. I can understand the matter of protocol that requires that the doctors who sent me for treatment would be the ones who inform me about my case. However, today my treatment was delayed for the oncologist to check the X-rays that were taken yesterday. I had to press the techs for the reason for that delay. They had to admit that the doctor had to approve the slight adjustment to the treatment necessitated by my prostate shrinking a little. I do realize that this still needs to be further explained by the Urology Oncologist that I'll see next week, but it is very encouraging.
I feel like there are a lot of us working on my recovery from this cancer. I'm working on keeping the best frame of mind for healing and keeping up healthy nutrition. My sister is trying to keep my meals healthy. My friends who are Reiki practitioners or other kinds of energy healers have worked on me directly and are sending me healing energy. On top of this Tong Ren practitioners have worked on me. Furthermore, I have people who are praying for me and vajra brothers and sisters dedicating their practice for my health. With all of this on top of the traditional treatment how could I not be getting better?