Progress

I haven't had any 'break through' days where I wake up and suddenly feel better than I did the day before. But as I sit and think about how I feel today compare to how I remember feeling several days ago, I do think I'm making some progress.

Mouth sores, Mucositis, fatigue, etc. are all still real problems, no doubt, but compared to how I felt last weekend I definitely have more energy and the Mucositis problems not as significant as they were at that time. I'm not running out to eat a hot spicy Mexican meal or anything, but my mouth isn't AS sore as it was last weekend. I don't want to spend hours chatting with anyone, but I can carry on a moderate length phone conversation now without TOO much difficulty.

So, it's coming in small steps that are hardly recognizable from day to day, but over the course of several days I can start to see that things are slowly getting better.

I saw the P.A. at the Oncologist's office on Thursday. She said things seemed "normal" to her. I don't go in to see any doctors again until January 2. On that day I'll see the Radiation Doctor and the Oncologist. At the Oncologist appointment I'll schedule my scans to see if all this treatment was successful. The scans will happen in mid-January and I'll have a follow-up appointment with one of the Docs shortly afterward to review the results.

So, two weeks until my next appointment and four-ish weeks until I have my scans. Looks like it will mostly be just waiting and letting time heal me for the short term. Hopefully the progress will continue. Shoot, I wouldn't even mind if it sped up a bit.