Radiation Day 3

Another day, more radiation.
Got up early, around 5am. Had breakfast, meds, coffee. Watched the news. Got the day started. Zofran for nausea, then time for chemo meds. I took them. Time to get dressed and head to the treatment center. We leave at a nice early time. Pull up and valet. They’re starting to get used to us and know us. Daily trips there will now be the norm. I check in and wait maybe 5 minutes. They wheel me back and strap me in. I noticed there was no green laser light so I thought maybe just maybe it was a placebo kind of effect. Not so. I ask the tech after and he said they turn it off for some patients so it doesn’t blind them. I am a creature of habit so I tell them it was like Picard with the 4 lights.

Easy enough, these appointments are only 15 minutes for the radiation. I’m glad I have the oral chemo and not the port for infusion. That would keep me there for hours. In and out is a breeze. Upon entry to the radiation appointment, there were some free beanie hats. I nabbed a blue one as it’s my fav color. Didn’t try it on til much after on the way home. Way too small. I may bring it back tomorrow for someone else to have. I mean, this was really small. How did I not notice this would not fit my melon of a head. I mean small, comicly small.

The constipation wasn’t as prevalent today. I did have a couple bm’s. The head sweating from the radiation/chemo started after we left. I had a couple of sweaty bouts today. Fatigue is there. I have had a couple naps today. Maybe 45-an hour each one. No loss of appetite just yet. I have some protein shakes for when that happens. I have been hydrating with water and Nectar hydration multiplyer. It’s pretty tasty. I had a lemon flavored one this morning and a watermelon flavored one this afternoon. This seems to help with side effects. Stay hydrated everyone.

My wife took me to my appointments this week. My mom is going to take me tomorrow. We will work out a schedule for both of them to take me next week. I will discuss tomorrow with mom to see what days she can take me to alleviate some stress and time for my wife. It’s always nice to have some help with things. When help is offered, we will take it. Plus it will be nice to hang with mom outside of the house. I have a couple errands to run tomorrow and her being retired will allow me to go a couple places.

I’m waiting on some refills for my chemo meds. The doorbell rang but I couldn’t get there in time. They didn’t leave a note on the door. I hope I didn’t miss the delivery. I was asleep and didn’t get to it in time. Oh bother, very frustrating.

My mom is going to bring my nephews Nintendo Switch for me to use. I couldn’t see getting one on limited income, especially at $200. I will borrow his as he doesn’t even use it. I ordered a game cartridge for it that has 150 old school Atari games. Very nostalgic. It was only $14 on Amazon. Much better than spending $200. Thank God kids don’t stick with things lol. They’re charging it up for me today so I can use it asap. It should be fun. I haven’t played any Atari games since the 80’s. Hopefully it will be just as fun as I remember.

Thank you for stopping by
~Bruce