3 Too Many

T Day = 40 (Adjuvant chemoradiation) – 1 Radiation & 3 Chemo to go this round.

Crap sleep – pain, restless, just couldn’t settle – over tired from Thursday maybe – or guilty about not posting the blog   Up at 5:15 to start the drugs early again as Jono is collecting me at 8:30 today so need to have all drugs done in time.  Damn cold too – get the fire going – even that took a bit of encouragement today!  But the best thing about today is – last day for Radiation!!!  Wahoo!!  6 weeks – 30 days of hospital visits done and dusted.

Jono arrives, complete with a light snow dusting over the car.  The cheeky bugger throws a snow ball at me – I’ll get you back man!  Off to hospital for the last time for Radiation.  All goes great, mask fits well and zapping is over quickly.  I get given my mask as a souvenir, and the team that has been delivering my treatment tells me that I have done very well with the treatment – even with the mask issues, and they wish they had more patients like me to deal with.  It was pleasing for them to also see me going so well. They shake hands with m, wish me well and we’re off.  Nice to hear even more positives!!  They just keep coming.

Head off to Logistics via Cafe Raeward of course for brekky, though at the moment the nausea feeling is not want to have brekky – sure it will change by the time that we get there!  Sure enough it does.  Bernard meets us there too.  Again a very yummy brekky, then off to Logistics to move some gear so they can take some of the PortaComs away. We then head off to Press House about 10:45am. Energy is waning so nice to be at my desk.  Struggle through the rest of the morning, then it’s lunch time.  Manage to hang in there until 3pm when Nevil collects me.  Energy has gone almost completely again – bugger it.  Have a hot cuppa tea and take it easy and all comes rightish again.  Explain the mask to Rose and how it fits on.  Then login to work but decide to take it easy instead as fading agin   Hearing has diminished more, tinnitus is worse, and blob is back big time (but these will fade off now in the next 1-2 weeks apparently as they are side effects of the Radiation.

Bloody freezing cold and tired. But get ready to go out for dinner as a bit of a celebration for finishing the Radiation treatment.  Head off to Food Sing Chinese and have yummy very fulling meal – awesome garlic prawns.  Stuffed to the brim, but not as much as Lachlan – who has a right feast.  He also learns to use chopsticks and is very proud of himself. Home then to do the blog and relax before hitting the sack as shattered.

M&D time folks.  Have an awesome day/arvo/evening and weekend all, where ever you are – and stay safe and happy.

Kia Kaha.