Week 2... Done!

So... That's week two of RT done, still no serious side effects aside from my spit turning into stringy slime and most foods have taken on a strange salty taste like they're infused with sea water... not nice.

I'm still being sick on a daily basis but I've been given some new meds that we hope will calm things down a bit. I think the sickness is less to do with the chemo drugs and more to do with the saliva changes effecting the way in which I'm digesting food or not as the case may be. I've tried really hard to eat as logically and a healthly as I can, but for the most part compact high energy food seem to be the most effective way of keeping calories on the inside. Ive also find drinking water really hard the taste is horrific, so I've been countering the strange taste by adding small amounts of fruit juice to hide the flavour, which seems to work okay.

The RT has gone well this week although I did have a bit of a scare when I found out that they were radiating the right side on my neck during one of the sessions. When I asked "why are you radiating the right side when the tumor is on the left?" the radiographer replied "maybe they haven't told you everything about your cancer". This had me pretty worried and left me thinking that perhaps things had developed or they had found something else and not told me. I finally got to speak to the specialist and he reassured me that in order to radiate the tumor site fully and avoid all the important stuff in my head it has to hit from many different angles, this means going in from the right and left sides.

I have no doubt that the nasty side effects are just around the corner, so I'm really trying to make the most of the time when I'm feeling okay. I've been trying to catch up with friends and spend heaps of time with the kids and get stuff done around the house... all of which leaves me feeling pretty whiped out most of the time.

The end of the treatment is in sight now and I'm just tring to get my head into the final round of chemo othe 19th of this month. I know this is going to be a real tough one, but I'm just trying to keep in mind that it's the final round and once I'm over that one that's it! I will still have another three weeks of RT and the aftermath that follows. Once I'm over that I'm hoping it will feel less a hard uphill slog and more the beginning of the decent down the other side of recovery mountain. We will see.