Oh How We Love Radiation!
This is just a quick update blog around how radiation is going. Please keep in mind that the radiation around the covering of my brain and in my lower spine is simply to relieve symptoms I am having and not to cure my cancer or put it into remission. I think very highly of all of my doctors, but I see the humor in their protecting what I think of as "their stats".
I have clearly become God's stat to them.
The only benefit I have seen after 9 zaps is that I can swallow better (don't get me wrong - swallowing is clearly important). Chewing is difficult, but mostly because I get tired of doing it and just quit. I see milkshakes in my future - not so bad!
My rad doc has requested that I increase my steroids by 1 pill per day. His reasoning is that the radiation itself causes swelling that interferes with the results we are looking for. He wants me to try the increased steroid for 3 days and we'll see if that helps. Apparently patients get the benefit of radiation well after the radiation stops (and the swelling stops). He just does not want me to have to wait. The steroids will decrease any swelling - we hope.
Therefore, we are on strict pill management: get up between 4-6 am (I wake up here anyway), EAT (yuck) and take steroid. EAT between 8-10 and take a steroid; EAT between 12-2 and take a steroid. Then maybe I won't be up all might on steroids. ALSO take anti-nausea one hour before being zapped. this pill will knock me out for the rest of the day.
Days and nights getting mixed up here, so help me with my countdown. Including today 5 more zaps. Then we are finished - I PRAY. Since we have weekends off, that puts my last zap next Monday at 4:30.
If anyone mentions the ringing of a bell, punch them for me. There will be no bell ringing ever again for this girl!Somene rang the bell yesterday and I immediately started praying for them.
SPeaking of prayers - thank you!
Until next time - may God Bless us all!
Kelli
P.S. Frannycat - if you are reading this, please post a comment with your email address. I can't find it anywhere and would like to get back in touch as well. I will not post the comment but delete it after I write down your address!
I have clearly become God's stat to them.
The only benefit I have seen after 9 zaps is that I can swallow better (don't get me wrong - swallowing is clearly important). Chewing is difficult, but mostly because I get tired of doing it and just quit. I see milkshakes in my future - not so bad!
My rad doc has requested that I increase my steroids by 1 pill per day. His reasoning is that the radiation itself causes swelling that interferes with the results we are looking for. He wants me to try the increased steroid for 3 days and we'll see if that helps. Apparently patients get the benefit of radiation well after the radiation stops (and the swelling stops). He just does not want me to have to wait. The steroids will decrease any swelling - we hope.
Therefore, we are on strict pill management: get up between 4-6 am (I wake up here anyway), EAT (yuck) and take steroid. EAT between 8-10 and take a steroid; EAT between 12-2 and take a steroid. Then maybe I won't be up all might on steroids. ALSO take anti-nausea one hour before being zapped. this pill will knock me out for the rest of the day.
Days and nights getting mixed up here, so help me with my countdown. Including today 5 more zaps. Then we are finished - I PRAY. Since we have weekends off, that puts my last zap next Monday at 4:30.
If anyone mentions the ringing of a bell, punch them for me. There will be no bell ringing ever again for this girl!Somene rang the bell yesterday and I immediately started praying for them.
SPeaking of prayers - thank you!
Until next time - may God Bless us all!
Kelli
P.S. Frannycat - if you are reading this, please post a comment with your email address. I can't find it anywhere and would like to get back in touch as well. I will not post the comment but delete it after I write down your address!
posted by Kelli @ 3:02 AM
1 Comments:
At 9:37 AM,
tx_floods said…
Praying the swelling is relieved and maybe the steroids will make the milkshakes more inviting. :-)
Love You Friend.
Sunnie
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