Radiation #4,5,6,7

After the ups and downs of last week’s radiation treatment, I had a fantastic weekend. And by fantastic, I mean normal…which is as good as fantastic in my books. I even got to go to a friend’s wedding which was a great event, one I wasn’t sure I would get to based on the events from earlier in the week.

Monday brought the spectre of 5 back-to-back treatments which didn’t exactly fill the heart with joy but I thought of it as like having a week off sick with some mystery virus. Monday’s treatment went well – I managed to keep my stomach contents intact although I wasn’t eating much just to be on the safe side. Tuesday, however, started poorly with a rush to the kitchen sink immediately after sitting down to eat breakfast. I persisted with breakfast which came back to haunt me on the long car-ride into the hospital for treatment. I slept it off that afternoon and by Wednesday morning I was feeling normal-ish. It may have helped that they upped my dosage of anti-nausea medication (yay for drugs!)

Yesterday and today have been much better days and I even took the opportunity to walk Chloe to kindy yesterday with Tracy & Sam. Today I’ve been awake all day running on the smell of awesome (and maybe a little caffeine) and feeling good. I’ve got another treatment tomorrow followed by 2 more on Monday & Tuesday then I’m home free! I’m looking forward to getting back to work after the treatments finish as there are a myriad of exciting IT projects in the pipeline for the company I work for.

I want to take the opportunity to say a big thank you to all the people who have been helping us out this last week, both with food and with helping look after the kids. We deeply appreciate your help and support and we feel so humbled to be the recipients of your generosity.

See you all again next week
David