First, the good news! I am over 1/2 done with radiation!!! Today I had radiation treatment #20 out of 33. My side effects are similar to what I had written about last time...itching, redness, and some fatigue.
Every Monday, I meet with my radiation oncologist, Dr. Foster. He says I'm doing ok as far as the amount of redness I've got. He suggested Benadryl for itching. I'm thinking I'll PASS on that!!! If you read the entry I wrote about the night I took Tylenol PM, you will know why I'm bypassing the Benadryl!!! If you don't remember that entry, the long and short of it was that I was soooo incapacitated by the Benadryl that I walked into the wall, hit the chair, missed the bathroom doorway, and staggered and stumbled around like someone who had been drinking heavily! I didn't know that Tylenol PM had Benadryl in until my PA cousin Joan told me about it. I surely felt the effects of it that night! Like I said, I think I'll pass on the Benadryl!!!
We had an apple-picking day Monday because it was such a warm day...70 degrees and no wind! Brody (left) and Logan (right) came over after school and we picked apples galore! The pictures show how we got all those apples picked.
Last week, Arland, Bob, Olivia, and I went to the lake to turn off the water and get the water lines blown before it got too cold and froze our pipes or our pump.
Olivia LOVES books and I forgot to take some along for her to look at during our drive. I had a couple of magazines along that I had been looking through. When she saw me reading them, she wanted my "book" so I gave her the magazine I was reading. Here is what she did for the next 20 minutes!!!
As I said, Olivia LOVES her books, even though they are magazines!
It's so good to hear you are on the home stretch with your tattoos and microwave sessions! Hopefully you will fair well through the rest. I have to laugh at how the picture of the pampers purse looks as a little icon on my phone... It looks like a little alien right next to the word radiation! Bummer it's the end of summer. I would really like to get back to our place one last time before it snows, we already have the pipes blown out tho... Glad to see you enjoying those beautiful grandkids. Are you making anything with the apples? We've got a Haralson tree and I've been eating lots! Take care!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of Olivia, what a little beauty! Thank you for sharing your journey with us! I'm so glad that radiation is easier on you than the chemo was. Much love!
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