NGC-4565 C38 The Needle Galaxy Plus a Cancer Update (Steve Argereow)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com) · Contains: HD109718 · IC 3546 · IC 3571 · NGC 4562 · NGC 4565 · Needle Galaxy

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NGC-4565 C38 The Needle Galaxy Plus a Cancer Update

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NGC-4565 C38 The Needle Galaxy Plus a Cancer Update

This was revisiting the Needle Galaxy. I last imaged this in Nov 2021 at 667 mm f5.25
I decided to try 952 mm at f7.5.

Cancer Update I'm about 2 months out of 5 and a half weeks
of radiation treatments which took place every day Monday thru Friday. The first 4 weeks
I felt pretty much normal (considering I'm on 2 types of mediations that make you tried).
Starting that 5th week, it started to affect me. Food and drink mostly tasted bad, anything
sour was OK and so was water. If I ate, I had stomach issues. But the really hard effect was
If I got a good night's sleep, I'd feel pretty good the first half of the day but at a certain point
it would hit me, and I would not just feel fatigued, but I would almost feel like I instantly
gained 100-150 lbs. If I did not sleep well, I'd feel that way all day, this only happened a couple of days.
IT was not like anything I've felt before. It was not only difficult physically
doing things but I would also have brain fog. I still kept a workout schedule in the morning
but reduced my effort.

The Good news is my PSA has come down from 44.58 to 18.92 to 0.63 to now 0.09!
that at least indicates the cancer is going into remission. The effects of radiation
are starting to be reduced, each week I feel an improvement and most of my taste buds are back to
normal. God Bess you all for your support.

So, I've been going to bed usually around 10:30 PM which has limited my Astrophotography.
That being stated I still got 10 hours 15 minutes integration time on the Needle.

P.S. Men get your PSA Checked!!!!

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