Treatments – Day 5, 6, 7

Greetings and welcome back!

We’ve been sailing along with radiation treatments Friday, Monday and today, Tuesday.  It was nice to get the weekend off from treatments, masks, and driving.  Thanks to J.B.W. for driving on Friday.  I was glad it was him driving home in the dark, snow and black ice and not me!  We dropped off a Stratford goody bag for our Chemo Nurse Alison (complete with Justin Bieber map for her daughter).  Hope that gives us brownie points for our next visit to chemo on Dec. 28^th.  Thanks to D.L. for driving Monday.  Ken was glad to catch up with a good friend.  They got to see the air ambulance helicopter taking off from the landing pad.  I giggle to picture Ken trying to figure out the camera on his Blackberry.  Very proud moment!!  Ken met with Dr. Read the Radiation Oncologist.  We meet her every Monday now.  This was the first appointment since treatments started.  Things are going well.  The dietician also stopped by and gave some advice on keeping the weight up with protein, etc.  Ken wrote on his ‘how are you feeling chart’ that his throat pain was a ‘2’ so they tried to push pain medication at him but he declined.  They think it’s sore because it’s red…but it’s no worse than the sore throat from before and something I think he’s used to.  He had some sugary treats at a family Christmas gathering Sunday and he noticed that didn’t feel too good with Teddy.  Ken’s appetite and energy is doing better and he’s not as tired as the days after chemo last Monday.  Today, Tuesday, was a normal visit.  Had lots of food today to fatten him up per Doctor’s orders.  Harder than it sounds because we don’t eat like that regularly.  The radiation mask made a little dent on his nose again…but he’s getting used to the ‘uncomfortable little Devil’.   It should be normal visits for the rest of the week. Weather looks great for driving!

P.S.  After all this talk about shrinking "Teddy", we forgot to mention "Lenny".  We have to shrink the lymph node tumour too.  So that's your visualization homework for today :)

xx
S&K