Combo day today with Chemo and Radiation treatments. Morning confusion as there was the first time around. Where to be when, what treatments are we doing in what order. Not sure why they can't sort that out before we arrive. But we made it through. So now I have my handy fanny-pack I get to wear all week with the 5FU drug getting pumped in slowly over the week.
Also saw the Radiation Doctor after my morning treatment. I had lost 4 pounds since last Monday. The Nurse got on to me, the Resident got on to me and the Doctor got on to me. I felt like I was in a prenatal visit. They told me that even though it FEELS like I'm eating a lot, my mouth pain makes me think I'm eating more than I am so I'm supposed to start supplimenting with 2 or 3 Boost/Ensure type shakes per day. Don't need to use my feeding tube or anything as long as I can drink the supplements, but they want me downing more calories.
He was also a LITTLE concerned about the amount of mouth sores I had at this stage. He said any mouth sores this early SHOULD be caused by the 5FU drug more than the radiation but, as a precaution, he put some sensors on my lips during my afternoon treatment to make sure there wasn't something awry there.
Tuesday morning is my MRI on my neck to see what's going on with my left neck/arm thing. This is to check for any structural stuff -- slipped disc, bulging disc, etc. -- then we'll go from there. The drugs have done a good job of keeping it under control. It's still there, numb in the same places, hurting in the same place, the hurting just isn't as intense. So hopefully we'll get some kind of positive result from that. Dr. Appt to review the results isn't until Friday, though.
Talked for a while to a Guy and his wife that I've been following along all the first week of treatment. He's on the same treatment schedule I've been on but he's starting his LAST week of treatment today. I hope I'm in as good of shape as he is come December 1st. Of course, they told us a story of another man who's starting his second cycle just like I am and he already has tons worse stuff than I have. So who knows. We'll just have to wait and see and do our best with whatever gets thrown our way.
I ate two eggs over-easy and two pancakes this morning. The eggs went down easily. The pancakes were slathered in butter then drenched in syrup. That softened them up enough to make them go down without to big a fight. I really hated having all that butter on there, though. :)
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