Yesterday was my third radiation treatment. I also got my first dose of the medicine to protect the saliva glands. Fortunately this medicine works each time you get it and lasts about 24 hours in your system. Each time you take it you get some protection for that treatment. If you miss a treatment it doesn't undo the protection from the previous treatments.
Yesterday I was able to get a feeling for what is meant by fatigue and not being able to sleep. Fortunately I was able to take some over the counter sleep medicine and that seemed to do the trick. You wouldn't think that you would need help sleeping when you are fatigued but in this case I did. One of the tricks to the treatment is going to be understanding when to do what. A friend of ours that went through cancer treatment a few years ago gave me some great advice, "Don't be a hero". Or to put another way better living through chemistry.
Today I am going to try to add some coffee or tea back into the equation. I have started drinking ginger tea as that helps with indigestion but unfortunately it doesn't have any caffeine. I did start to reduce my caffeine intake over the last few weeks but I still would like to work in that morning cup of something caffeinated. Its hard to tell how much of the fatigue feeling is caused by the treatments (Most I would think) and what could be helped by adding in some caffeine. I will probably start with Tea. Hopefully my espresso machine will understand. :-)
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