Smashing The Stragglers...

As I approach my next team medical checkup day tomorrow and am now nearly 40 days and nights AFTER Radiotherapy treatment finished I am disappointed to state that the throat pain sees me way behind my recovery plan.  After drinking a pint of watered down milk shake last Monday via mouth I really thought I had hit the nail on the head and was on the road to all being sorted.  Trouble was I tried to do too much and I now…

Apologies for not blogging sooner but the recovery phase post radiotherapy has proved more erratic and unpredictable than actually having the treatment itself. Every time I was about to answer an improvement I would be hit for six as another side effect or infection would spring from nowhere no knock me back down again. So with two short stays in hospital I am fortunately back home and this morning managed my first glut…

I can safely say I have not slept as much in a week as I have this past one. Must have been averaging over 16 hours a day as part of the recovery plan and this sees me in a much better place for the rest. Still waiting for the throat to acknowledge that I am supposed to be getting better and not passing much bar water (sips) by mouth still. Am hoping this next week brakes that barrier and with a check up with consultancy…

And I have slept for over 16 hours of it so nothing too much to report. Had another visitor yesterday's evening which allowed us to catch up with some things 'real world' but mainly just chewed the fat as to how long this recovery is taking. Still, I look back on this time last week and I am felling much better. When compared to yesterday however I still feel the same. I am sure recovery can't be far away now and will…

Almost three weeks post my last RT and I can happily report that I feel over the worst of my pains and side effects. I still however await the eureka moment when I can hand on heart state that I am truly feeling better. Pain is being efficiently kept at bay by use of the long term syringe driver mechanism as is the anti sickness. Have now finished antibiotics so the meds ritual really just consists of a few various…