One Week Post Radiation Treatment
For some reason I thought the pain and low energy I feel from the radiation treatment would suddenly disappear with the last session. Boy, was I wrong. Ok, I knew it wouldn’t go away overnight, but I was really hoping it would go away within a few days.
I’ve felt worse the last few days than during treatment. How can that be?
My understanding is that the radiation is cumulative and is still working long after the sessions are over. That’s the reason the doctors don’t do the physical exam and other tests right away. I have an appointment in mid April with the surgeon to determine what comes next. Next? I thought this was it. We’ll see.
Anyway, I’m spending my days alternating between sleep, reading, watching movies, blogging, writing my ebook on cancer, and sitting on my front porch wrapped in a fleece blanket on my LaFuma chair (I purchased it for doing Reflexology). Oh, I can’t wait to get back to doing more active things.
I spent most of yesterday writing the book. I felt really good about getting so much accomplished and then I couldn’t sleep last night. I’ve been troubled with insomnia off and on with the cancer treatment (and some before, due to who knows what?).
Maybe my doctor will be able to give me an idea about how long I’ll be feeling this way so I can prepare myself for it.
On Sunday, I went for a walk on the road where we take our dogs. I didn’t make it very far and was quite a slow poke, but it felt really good to get out and move. It’s the small things we (I) often take for granted that I now appreciate more than ever.
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Hello Theresa,
I am so sorry to hear about your tragic journey… I’m not even sure if I wrote this to you before, but if I did it’s well worth repeating.
I give you many prayers and warm wishes. You inspire me so MUCH. How dare any of us feel that life is unfair because we don’t have everything we want.
When my Dad was a hypnotist he did a lot of work with cancer patients and a visualization process. He also turned me onto a guy named Dr. Bernie Siegel.
I looked him up on the web http://www.berniesiegelmd.com Theresa, my Dad had a recorded lecture of him where he spoke a lot about cancer patients and their colors. He would even describe pictures that the patients drew. It might be worth a look. Maybe you’ll get an idea…
Lots of love to you, my internet buddy.
Hi Renee,
Thanks for your kind words and suggestion about visiting the Bernie Siegle site. I’ll go take a look.
I don’t think of my experience as being tragic; although I can certainly understand how many people might. The only tragedy would be if I don’t learn anything from it and die before I have the chance to do something that helps other people.
I was just thinking about what to post about and now you’ve given me some inspiration. Thanks, Renee.
Love you back,
Theresa