quiet week before next week's chemo

Its been a pretty quiet week.  Don has pretty much recuperated from the chemo and the radiation is just making him sleepy.  He's been able to drive himself around and things are fairly normal considering.  He spent too much time running around last weekend because it was the first weekend that he has felt reasonably well, but he did too much (bad patient won't listen) and by the end of the weekend he was beat again.  But I can't say I blame him.  He's feeling pretty unproductive.

So next Tuesday is chemo again and we start the whole process over.  He will be in pretty bad shape for all of next week and probably into the weekend.  then things will improve until the next (and Last!) chemo at the end of February.  at least we are getting through it.

Also, the radiation dr says that he cancer is responding well.  the slight swelling at the side of Don's neck is gone and some of the other things that were symptoms that we didn't recognize (tingling of his hand and foot on one side) are gone also.  Throat is getting a little sore though and everything is tasting metallic to him.  So he isn't wanting to eat much.  Today is the day that they weigh him at radiation and he has lost additional weight so they are scolding him about not eating enough.  So he will supplement with ensure and some other things.  It's not that he couldn't still use a couple of additional pounds off, but they don't want it to happen while he is being treated.

I guess he should have more ice cream and milkshakes.  Its a shame what you have to go through to be able to justify having a milkshake!