RIG fitting help

Bless you that's so kind of you been a long old day, had a bit of a adjustment and tweek on the radiotherapy alignment had to see my oncologist, finally sorted and back in for radiotherapy

 Trouble was it had a knock on affect with other appointments so had to have chemo later, it's was a long chemo session just over 5hrs  got home 6.15pm. 1 radiotherapy and chemo down, it went well was given anti sickness tablet, steroids and took home steroids and anti sickness oh I also had mannitol in the drip.

Gosh talk about visiting the toilet to pee a lot off I trundled with my trolley and my jug which I had to measure and record oh the joys.

All done feeling ok but tired , radio only tomorrow so home early.

️ Sarah xx

Thankyou for your reply, you are so kind and helpful

S️arah xxx

Well done Sarah. Take all your antisickness even if you don’t feel sick. Good luck for tomorrow. It will be a breeze compared to today. Hugs. 

Good evening Sarah, hopefully, things will be a bit more settled next time , well done in getting through your first treatment of chemo and radio, wishing you all the best for the rest of your course of treatment. Take care.

                                                               Chris x

Hi Sarah 

well done day 1 is a long day. I took the anti sickness meds even though I wasn’t feeling sick. It worked for me. If they don’t work for you there’s lots of others you can take sometimes they need to tweak the meds. Tomorrow the mask may feel a little tight it’s usual all the saline you get pumped into you. 
good luck for tomorrow 

Hazel x

Hi Sarah 

Well done, watch out for hiccups, steroids can bring them on, keep some ice cubes in the freezer, sucking ice can help relieve them.

Take care 

Peter 

Hi Sarah, it appears that we are going on the same journey at the moment! The only difference is that my RIG was fitted on Tuesday (2 days ago) and my mask is being made today. 
Just a heads up that the liquid I drank the day before my fitting gave me bad diarrhoea and when I told the surgeon that he never mentioned it beforehand apparently it was because he hasn’t heard of anyone else suffering with it! Just goes to show how everyone is different. 
Also I have suffered with uncomfortable bloating which could be down to the gas when they pump up your stomach for insertion of the tube. 
I will be following any blogs and tips you make regarding your radiotherapy.

Take care.

Sue x

SueEssex said:

Hi Sarah

SueEssex said:

I will be following any blogs and tips you make regarding your radiotherapy.

Good luck Sue. You'll be able to keep each other company