With 3 weeks completed the rash got pretty bad, but with some extra medications it is more or less under control at this point.\u00a0 It doesn’t look very good, but at the same time it doesn’t appear to be getting any worse either.\u00a0 If this stays the case then it shouldn’t be too bad to deal with it for another 4 weeks of radiation, plus however long it takes to heal after the treatment ends.<\/p>\n
The throat pain also hasn’t gotten intolerable yet, but it is hard to notice the throat pain with the mouth soars that are now consuming my attention.\u00a0 It is difficult to talk and even more difficult to eat.\u00a0 Right now I’m still managing to eat a couple meals a day, but they are small and only have foods I don’t have to chew.\u00a0 The feeding tube is getting some use now with about 2 cans a day.\u00a0 I haven’t checked my weight lately, but I’m sure it is declining.\u00a0 Hopefully it is declining very slowly.\u00a0 I get weighed tomorrow in the doctor’s offices, so I’ll know more then.<\/p>\n
My mother has volunteered to endure the boredom that is a whole day of radiation\/chemo tomorrow.\u00a0 She’ll get to see what fun it is to sit around and wait for drugs to be pumped into your body.\u00a0 I hope she brings some good reading materials because I’ll be trying to get some work done.\u00a0 Thanks Mom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With 3 weeks completed the rash got pretty bad, but with some extra medications it is more or less under control at this point.\u00a0 It doesn’t look very good, but at the same time it doesn’t appear to be getting … Continue reading