bad start to the day today

Some mornings when I first get up I feel really bad, dizzy, sick for the first hour or so, then it all goes away.

3 weeks done!

A week and a half left, yea!!!! I'm almost there! Thus far it's not been too bad.....a little fatigue, a sore throat, and just making time in my day to be at the hospital every day......thank god there aren't any weekend treatments!

Almost 3 weeks behind me

Well, as of this writing only 10 more "fractions" to go.....I've had 15. My throat is a tiny bit sore and my swallowing has gotten worse, but at my age, I can't complain. 2 weeks left, man, it's gone by fast! My actual treatment only last 18 seconds per each side of my throat. By the time I get in, put on the mask, it's already over & I'm on my way! I am experiencing tiredness but oddly enough not at night like they said, but early in the mornings instead. I'm actually quite hyper & energized at night, even to the point that it's sometimes difficult to get to sleep. Once I get going in the mornings I'm ok, usually around 9am or so the fatigue just slips away. More later today.....

2 weeks to go, dammit!

I've been through 2 weeks of this Radiation, with 2 weeks remaining, hell yea!!!!!!!!!!! Bring it on, dammit! I rescheduled them to 4:00pm because at that time of day I'm usually finished with everything so if I'm tired it really doesn't matter. Two more freakin' weeks, wonder what I'll have to deal with next? 4 way bypass? ALS? Back Surgery?

Not doing so well this week

Man, Saturday and Sunday were tough days, no radiation treatments but I felt sooo bad....they (MD's) say NOT at all related to treatments, most likely whatever other Neuro like illness I have. I had the shakes and trembles, confusion, and was a bit "out of it". Good to know it wasn't the radiation! Only 14 more days of that and I'm done! Wonder what illness I'll have to battle next? At least I'm older so it really doesn't matter. My favourite quote rings in my head today from Abraham Lincoln...."It's not the years in your life, but the LIFE in your years" how true for me as I've truly lived each and every day like the precious gift that it is! I think back to 1995 when my dad passed, I was harassed by the IRS, got divorced, sick, moved, etc all in a 4 month time period. I took a whole year off and just sat back, thought, traveled, and relaxed, and enjoyed lots of reading, music, and tranquility. I felt guilty about doing that then, but I don't now.You just never know how many days you have......................I'll keep battling all this to the end though I'll end by saying cancer is much easier to battle(at least in my case) than any Neurological illness.

Great news/report!

Saw the Radiation Oncologist today--I'm a full week into a total of 4 weeks of treatment. They took blood, did an exam, etc...everything is progressing very well with an expected cure rate of 98%...the worst side effects I'll have are simply a sore throat, which I've ALREADY had for the past YEAR! I was lucky that this was caught in Stage T1--VERY lucky.I'm VERY pleased with all this, my doctors, the radiologists, etc, everyone is/has been so good to me! I've realized just how lucky I really am. In 1 more month I should be back to my old self for the most part.....thanks for everyone's support! I wanna go to tha beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring on MORE Radiation!!!!!

3 rd treatment today, hell, I'll soon have 1 week out of the 5 behind me! I LOVE the radiation, it only lasts 89 seconds, I go in, they adjust the Xray machine, the zap each side of my throat, then I'm back on the lawns! I go around 3pm weekdays...am out by 3:15. My Doctor says there's around a 70% chance that most of us will eventually get SOME kind of cancer, everybody! So, with that info and seeing the scores of folks coming in to get radiation both at Duke Raleigh but especially at Durham I certainly don't feel alone.....I should be done by the end of June then I'll be re evaluated and find out what;s next...it won't be more radiation as 5 weeks is the max I can have!!! I sure will miss it!

Gearing up for Radiation! Yippee!!!

Starting Monday at 1:30pm it's radiation time!!! We'll see how it goes, 10 minutes per day for 5 weeks!!!! I can't wait to get started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!