Well it was great having three days off from the radiation treatments. The fatique that the treatments brings on is really unbelievable. It's hard to describe. It's certainly not a normal fatique. It's more than feeling sleepy. It's a complete slow-down, a heavy weight.
I've learned that I'm freshest on Mondays and completely drained by the time Friday comes along. This past Friday was the most fatique I have felt yet, or ever in my life for that matter. The Memorial Day weekend did recoop some of my energies though for Tuesday's treatments to begin again.
I'm just home from the Wednesday treatment. And now it's just six more to go! We'll end up this run next Thursday. Then it's rebuilding strength throughout June as the effects of the radiation continue for awhile.
Well my future son-in-law was kind enough to give me a military style crew cut before the radiation treatments began. We figured that it was best to start short since the hair was destined to all fall out anyway.
This Memorial Day weekend the hair did start coming out. By Sunday it was pretty much just getting silly. So Monday Barb and I had some fun and just shaved it clean. It was quite a process. And quite a funky little adventure.
I'll try to take and post some bald pics. At least I can prove to everyone why it was so important all these years for me to grow a lot of hair - I have a pretty ugly head! LOL
The only other effect really that I have to deal with now is the loss of taste. It's expected through all of this. For some reason though I've been lucky enough, so far, to retain the taste of "sweet." I've pretty much lost all other taste though. You could give me a slice of pizza, a hard boiled egg, and a pastrami sandwich, and right now it all tastes the same to me.
We're working to keep me eating and keeping weight on though. Since I can taste sweet we're working with lots of fruits and veggies, some fruity muffins, and protein drinks that a nutritionist recommended.
We all face great tests and challenges in life. I'm hardly alone. And I never stop to feel sorry for myself, or try to wrap myself in pity. This is humanity. It's something we all have to accept. And I do believe that the true test is not the test itself but how we face it and deal with it.
Sometimes it feels good just to be able to whine a little. And sometimes I certainly do. But my attitude is always positive. I consider myself such a fortunate person, for all I have had, for all I continue to have, and the blessings that continue to present themselves each and everyday.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support, prayers and kindness. It means the world to me.
Six more radiation treatments to go!
I've learned that I'm freshest on Mondays and completely drained by the time Friday comes along. This past Friday was the most fatique I have felt yet, or ever in my life for that matter. The Memorial Day weekend did recoop some of my energies though for Tuesday's treatments to begin again.
I'm just home from the Wednesday treatment. And now it's just six more to go! We'll end up this run next Thursday. Then it's rebuilding strength throughout June as the effects of the radiation continue for awhile.
Well my future son-in-law was kind enough to give me a military style crew cut before the radiation treatments began. We figured that it was best to start short since the hair was destined to all fall out anyway.
This Memorial Day weekend the hair did start coming out. By Sunday it was pretty much just getting silly. So Monday Barb and I had some fun and just shaved it clean. It was quite a process. And quite a funky little adventure.
I'll try to take and post some bald pics. At least I can prove to everyone why it was so important all these years for me to grow a lot of hair - I have a pretty ugly head! LOL
The only other effect really that I have to deal with now is the loss of taste. It's expected through all of this. For some reason though I've been lucky enough, so far, to retain the taste of "sweet." I've pretty much lost all other taste though. You could give me a slice of pizza, a hard boiled egg, and a pastrami sandwich, and right now it all tastes the same to me.
We're working to keep me eating and keeping weight on though. Since I can taste sweet we're working with lots of fruits and veggies, some fruity muffins, and protein drinks that a nutritionist recommended.
We all face great tests and challenges in life. I'm hardly alone. And I never stop to feel sorry for myself, or try to wrap myself in pity. This is humanity. It's something we all have to accept. And I do believe that the true test is not the test itself but how we face it and deal with it.
Sometimes it feels good just to be able to whine a little. And sometimes I certainly do. But my attitude is always positive. I consider myself such a fortunate person, for all I have had, for all I continue to have, and the blessings that continue to present themselves each and everyday.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support, prayers and kindness. It means the world to me.
Six more radiation treatments to go!
No comments:
Post a Comment