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Yesterday was the first time Mel read the latest round of my blog. Within 30 minutes of me posting it yesterday I started to received text messages with well wishes. Mel started getting them as well, and she knew right away that I had posted on my blog about it. Curious, she actually went to…
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Mel and I went in person today to meet up with my chemo oncologist. He told me that trying to physically assess me was useless and difficult. I am so scrawny and his cold hands make it very difficult to feel around as I am quite tense and his hands are quite cold. On the…
This is the first week prior to my treatment and I have seemed to confirm that I can not eat as much in the morning right now. It seems that my intake in the morning is less than it was prior to radiation. As the day progresses however it does get better. It seems however…
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It has been 4 months since info8nd out that my cancer was back. I have had surgery and have completed my radiation treatment now. I get a lot of questions about what is next and what the prognosis is. All that we can do now is wait. The surgeon is not very hopeful and says…
This is the first day post treatment and it is expected that the effects will last for another two weeks. Even though I knew that the impacts of radiation are cumulative I figured that I had it quite mastered. Boy was I wrong about that. I have a lot of patience for when people are…
Mel is awesome and loves to celebrate small things. Her mother is like this as well and growing up with both Mel and the kids her mom use to give gifts for every small holiday or event. We use to tease her about it all the time, as she would always give the kids something…
I can not believe how tired and nauseous I was from the treatment today. I can totally understand how I lost so much weight the first time. Luckily I can eat without it physically hurting as the first time I had a had time swallowing. Right now I am eating ok, just the amounts have…
This is the last week of treatment. Two more after today and I was a bit shocked at how tired I was today. I know that we have just come back from a trip where I was out and about, but I did not really expect to be so tired today. After treatment I did…
We were gone for 5 days and the last day was probably the hardest. I ended up vomiting last night and I am not sure, but I suspect it was because of what I had eaten. After my meal I had eaten a slice of jelly orange. I think the acidity did not sit well…
We have been gone for 4 days now and I remembered to take my nausea pills in the morning. Of course that would have been too easy if I did everything right. I need to make sure that I drink enough fluids and that is a very fine line. The issue with fluids is that…