Chemo III: Day 2 Report

Once again not much to report today and that is good news. I had my 34th radiation treatment today and now there is only one more to go. So far my condition at this point in the treatment process is better than I had thought it would be. After the second chemo treatment when I was having a problem keeping food down I imagined I would be a lot worse at this point. Instead the only major side effect that has been added on with the third chemo treatment is tiredness. I found that I am sleeping a lot more on day 2. Looking back at my notes from the first two treatments I was also sleeping a lot more in the days following treatment as well. I don't think I noticed it as much because so many other side effect were going on. This time around I have the feedings under control, I actually gained a pound over the last week. I also have the mucus discharge managed. lastly the radiation plan was changed for the last 8 treatments and that has allowed some parts to start to recover.

So far so good for chemo III. One of the benefits of my last radiation treatment being tomorrow is that I don't need to take the appointment time into consideration when applying ointment to the rashes on my neck or when I do the feedings. As a rule I can't put anything on my neck 4 hours prior to treatment. When they are schedule for the morning this means that I don't but anything on at all in the morning. Also I try to schedule the feedings so that they are at least one and a half hours prior to treatment just so things settle before treatment. I also don't want it to be too long between feedings so that my pain meds wear off while I am there. After tomorrow I won't have to take that into consideration. Hopefully the tiredness will follow the same pattern as the previous two chemo treatments and subside after day 3. Who knows I may actually start to get back to my normal energy level. It will still take some time for my voice, throat and taste buds to recover and of course there are the 3 follow up chemo treatments but after tomorrow the worst should be over. Yippee!