It's Sunday and I was getting a little lazy with the medication. I was starting to skip my midday dexa.
I got a little headache, laying on my back watching tv. This little headache started to grow and grow and didn't go. Next thing I know it was killing me. I was bed bound, for days. No appetite, no relief. Makcik also came to visit. Help put wet towel on my head. It was nice, it helped. Mum was around to help too. The peeled apple helped, I needed to eat but didn't have an appetite for anything.
I still had to go for the treatment though. I just had to suck it in.
Later on wednesday (meet the doctor day) I see Dr Melanie. I mention the headache and she prescribe something for the headache a paracetamol codeine cocktail. It helped and I sure finished it. I was also anxious to know of the biopsy results. The reception said that they were not allow to release that info only the doctor was allow to release it. Funny, the information belongs to me and I cannot read it? Anyways, it was cancer. No doubts about it now, metastasis has occurred.
I new this was a lack of steroids. So I just take the usual 2 and why not 3 while I'm at it. I'm in pain, why not take the extra to reduce the swelling.
End of the week the headache was gone. Thank god for that.
Friday, January 15, 2010
time to glow
This was a while back as I have been a little lazy with the blog.
This is it, radiotherapy treatment number 1. My wife and I took the bus to the hospital. I had an appointment card with a barcode. I scanned it and this registers my arrival at the 'tuart' unit. There are multiple units at the center. I sit a few minutes and then called in. The nurse introduces herself, and as usual I forget 2 minutes later. There seems to be new nurses every few days anyways. Although it would be nice to remember a name or two but this was not to be the case.
I mentioned to the nurse I had some nausea and she gave me an under the tongue pill. She said it was expensive so I was not going to get it...for free or otherwise. Just had to say I was nausious on the day and I would get a pill.I find it hard to believe these pills as if I'm gonna throw (up), throw up.
I lay on the slab, get positioned using the lasers and the mask placed to keep me in place. Then they ran out. I guess it wasn't safe. The machine moves as it shoots radiation at me. Straight through the head. 5 minutes later it was done.
Seems more work to get here than the therapy, getting up, getting ready, travelling just for 5 minutes of therapy. Oh well, better than surgery.
This is it, radiotherapy treatment number 1. My wife and I took the bus to the hospital. I had an appointment card with a barcode. I scanned it and this registers my arrival at the 'tuart' unit. There are multiple units at the center. I sit a few minutes and then called in. The nurse introduces herself, and as usual I forget 2 minutes later. There seems to be new nurses every few days anyways. Although it would be nice to remember a name or two but this was not to be the case.
I mentioned to the nurse I had some nausea and she gave me an under the tongue pill. She said it was expensive so I was not going to get it...for free or otherwise. Just had to say I was nausious on the day and I would get a pill.I find it hard to believe these pills as if I'm gonna throw (up), throw up.
I lay on the slab, get positioned using the lasers and the mask placed to keep me in place. Then they ran out. I guess it wasn't safe. The machine moves as it shoots radiation at me. Straight through the head. 5 minutes later it was done.
Seems more work to get here than the therapy, getting up, getting ready, travelling just for 5 minutes of therapy. Oh well, better than surgery.
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