Radiation Day Something or other

So now I am in the swing of this radiation thing. The weather is bleak and so is my attitude. Really it is my stomach that has a bleak outlook. I guess that as this goes on things will stabilize. Only 3 more full treatments to go and then we go to phase two which is a treating a smaller areas and will be lees intrusive..I hope.

Radiation Day 11

So here we are another day. Apart form being rudely awoken at 05:30 by Eloise the day is just fine. Maybe a slight feeling of unrest in the stomach department but not enough to stop us all going tot he new Cafe at Carrs Park for a breakfast.
The kids were mostly well behaved however Tom did make a considerable mess of himself with a bacon & egg roll.

Radiation day 9

I feel somewhat of an impostor at this stage, no nausea, no particular bad effects and nothing except maybe a bit of lethargy to report.

I had expected to be feeling like a minced sausage at this stage but No I am doing well.

I am pleased that the treatment and care that I am getting has enabled me to motor on through this however, I can not help but feel that maybe I am being a bit too optimistic..

Time will tell.

Radiation Day 8

Goodness day 8 already. I survived the treatment yesterday and the review and all seems to be going well. I have not had any overt signs of nausea today and in fact I seem to be very hungry, so as long as I keep up the water and keep away from the bad tablets (You know who you are) I should be fine.

Radiation day 7

Ah the joys of a radiation free day. Seems that things have leveled off and that I have the cramps an the nausea under control now.

Finally got a full nights sleep and am feeling half way decent today.. Just in time to start the radiation again, I certainly hope they managed to service that machine properly.

One thing I have noticed about the nausea thing is that I have to follow at least the following two rules;

1) Eat only small amounts.. This seems to lead to much less chance of that “certain feeling” creeping up

2) Drink so much fluid that you burst. I believe that there is not such thing as enough fluid during radiation therapy. The alternative, for me at least of cramps is just not worth it.

I am certain there are more rules or precautions I should take and I am certain that my personal behavioural correctionalist will advise me soon enough of them.

Radiaton day 3

Well the curse of nausea has crept up and arrived in full force, do not quite seem to be able to control it. It is like having a hangover wirhput the headache.
It is bothering me so much that I am prepared to try drinking herbal tea, I hear that pepermint and Ginger are good for controlling it. On the plus side I have not acrtuLly thrown up but I fell it is only a matter of time.

Radiation day 2

Now the fun really begins. I can feel the side effects starting to creep up. Yuk! Going to change thosenl anti nausea tabs today as they are causing issues.
Not feeling very tired yet.

Radiation Day 1

So day one has arrived and I took my anti-nausea tablet (Dolasetron) at 14:00 as per instructions and started to feel very strange. Not sure why could be the Lactose in them or could be the drugs themselves, they produced a strong feeling of bloat and a touch of diarrhea and occasional vagueness of the mind.

So with this feeling off I go for the first treatment. Much to  my surprise the technicians are running late, about one hour late to be precise. They also gave me my timetable for treatment and it is back to 20 treatments, it was originally 20 then it was 15 and now it is twenty again. This is good and bad, bad in that they seem to be in 4 day blocks so I will have to have five weeks of treatments not the four I was hoping for, things like this make it hard to plan.

So after the extra wait I get to go and have the treatment allove rvery quickly within fifteen minutes and then home again.