Sleepy might best describe my week. It was low key with just Sandra and I for the most part at the cottage and I was both tired and I am sure for Sandra tiring! I have been warned by many of the fatigue that comes post radiation and I got a first hand snozzefest of it this week. On 2 days I don't believe I even left the cottage. Sometimes my first nap was before 10 AM.
I am told healing is hard work and eats up energy and the more I burn on other things the longer the healing will take. This week I really took that to heart and rested every time I was tired. As of yesterday I have been 2 weeks not using the tube. I have gained no weight despite putting 2500 to 3000 calories a day in my system but my weight is stable...I am in the fly weight division.
Tomorrow at 9:30 we meet with the dentist at PMH to see how I am progressing there and then I have a C-scan at 10:30 that the Oncologist will review with me on the 3rd of August. It is obviously a check for cancer or the lack there of.
I believe I have finally got the 'this will take a long time' message but it's still a bit of a grind. The western contingent of grandkids and parents arrive in a week and a bit so alone time is very valuable and we will take full advantage of it this week. Hope you are all enjoying the summer. Thanks for being here.
Warmly,
Peter
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Hi Rip (if you are awake. We are on the same playing field now. Naps, even before ten a.m. I know about. Mine are due to approaching infirmity though. We hope everything went well at your PMH check. The gentleman at Glendon who I referred to last week weighed in at 288 this morning - up three pounds from last week. So don't give up hope. Take in more than 3000 calories per day, and good things can happen.
ReplyDeleteContinued progress. We think of you. Cheers brian g.