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Just a quickie this time…
I’m getting pretty good at this radiation business. I zip in to the City, find a parking spot at the RAH (you’d be amazed how many people drive around for ages looking for a park close to the lifts when there’s oodles of parks further away), find my way through the labyrinth that is the hospital to radiation oncology, do my thing and then out again. So far, with most of my appointments (and I can now say that I’m more than one third of the way through), I have been finished around the time my appointment was due to begin. It’s that quick.
I am starting to notice some of the side effects, and much earlier than I expected to. My throat is a bit sore on the affected side – a bit like I’m swallowing past something, indigestion has gotten worse, and I am getting tired. It’s a different type of tiredness than chemo (that was more like a jellyfish – no bones to hold me up); this is more like the extreme tiredness you get when you’re ill. It just washes over me and I can’t fight it. No evidence of burns yet, which is great.
I went to school/work yesterday for James’ subject selection interview and took the opportunity to visit and wish everyone a happy SSO Week (and if I didn’t see you, “Happy SSO Week”, enjoy the lunch today and thank you for the lovely gift and balloon that made it’s way to me earlier in the week!). Everyone was commenting on how well I looked. Well, I got home, served dinner, then went to bed before 7pm as I just could not stay awake any longer. And this was after resting between radiation in the morning and heading out to school at 2pm. I’m really looking forward to be back next term. I just hope my energy levels have returned.