Somewhere around 0100, I started to warm up and the shivering stopped. By this time I was really exhausted and flat out did not feel good at all. I was finally able to get to sleep and with the exception of getting up about three or four times I slept until about 0700.
When I got up, I was still pretty tired, but I needed to get my day started. Kathleen got up shortly after I did and made eggs and hash browns for breakfast. She had the yokes and I had the whites, with cheese.
Reggie has not been doing too well for a couple months, and Kathleen was finally able to take him to the vet, so now we have a couple different pills to give him each day and some drops to put in his ears. Unfortunately, Reggie does not fall under the classification of dependent so he is not covered under my medical plan.
Kathleen dropped off the valentine goodies to Becca and Alexis; they were both taking a nap when she got there. I did not go as I really was still not feeling really very good.
I finally started to feel better around
I guess that we will have to take the goodies to Natalie, Zander and Hayden some other time.
Well, that is about all for today, not much here, but then again I am not doing too much either. Well, good night
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Tuesday's Trials
Today really started last night about 2330 when I started to get chilled and shivering uncontrollably. To make matters worse, I still had to use the toilet three or four times during the process. Not much of anything came out, but I needed to go just to be safe.
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Take it easy and don't worry about driving out here. Get well.
Hi Alyssa, I am afraid that it will be several months before I get to feeling better.
From what I have read this is pretty typical for radiation treatments for this type of cancer. It not only happens during the treatment, but continues on afterwards...sometimes forever.
Something else to look forward to...
Give the kids a hug for me. Mom may try to stop by later this afternoon.
Love,
Dad
Good morning Sue and Mom~
Well, I was looking at the Clinton Square Cam and it looks like it was still snowing.
To answer your question a little further, yes this is part of the side effects of the radiation.
Here are some of the other symptoms of Acute Enteritis: Nausea, vomiting (neither of which I have yet). I do have severe abdominal cramps, frequent urges to have a bowel movement, rectal pain and bleeding.
If it continues after the treatments stop it is called Chronic Enteritis, and the symptoms for it are pretty much the same except that they are more gross( and I really do not care to think about it at this point in time) and do not stop.
This is wearing me out enough, and I do not know what the Chronic verity would be like. Right now just hoping that it will be over in a couple months, keeps me going to some degree.
Have a Happy Valentines Day and wish Mom one as well.
Love,
Bob
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