Sunday night I get to start the 3rd of my five treatment weeks. Going into this third week I've had a relatively good weekend. I'm not sleeping again (despite my Ambien), my neck hurts, my hands hurt, my mouth and throat hurt, I'm generally tired all the time and I get pretty well exhausted if I do much of anything. But none of those are as bad as they were a week ago, I don't have a fever, I'm not nauseous at all and, my general, overall body feels relatively OK. Shoot, Ben-Jammin, I might even try a Cartwheel or two this afternoon.
I know that with my 3rd week of treatment this isn't going to last that long, but I've enjoyed the short respite nonetheless. I got a little carried away and tried some Graham Crackers and Milk. One of my favs for a long time. It went down OK from a pain standpoint if I soaked them really well, but the taste just wasn't there. They tasted metallic and I only got down one cracker before I gave up.
I am curious, though. I got some new "suppliment" that's designed specifically for a feeding tube. And it's Vanilla flavored. Why? I suppose it doesn't say you CAN'T drink it, but I'll tell you what, I ain't gonna taste it.
Questions for the Radiation Doc at Monday's appointment. The effects on my skin have been pretty much as they said they would be. Maybe a little sooner than expected, but not THAT different. But the AREA effected is much bigger than expected and, I think, much bigger than they told us it would be. So we'll talk Monday and I'll report back Monday evening. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy the nice weather and live pretty high today. Shoot, I might even get crazy and go for a drive with Jenny or something "out there" like that.
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