Friday 20th May 2005.
After taking my first lot of the stronger pills last night it was the first night that I'd had for a long while that I had quite a good nights sleep, I kept waking but I think that was because I'd got so used to it over the weeks that I'd been waking up but I wasn't in pain and I soon fell asleep again. Sadly I was in the middle of a dream when I was still woken up at 3.30am by my dad as he needed help to go to the toilet and I never went back to sleep again but I'm not complaining as that was a good time for me considering on previous nights it had been almost every hour I was waking in pain.
After today I only have two more days of treatment to go! ..wow.. where has the time gone? At the beginning of the 20 it seemed like it was forever and here I am now with only 2 left.
Got a phone call from the hospital yesterday about my dad's treatment. He goes on Monday to be measured up and marked out in the simulator ready for his treament to begin on Thursday. So I'll only get one days rest from going to the hospital before I have to go again for 5 days luckily after going for 2 days it's a bank holiday weekend next week so at least we'll get 3 days break between his treatments.
Will add more later if anything differant happens while at the hospital today, if not catch you after the weekend...
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poohtai
- 2005-05-20 @ 13:33:40
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Linda, dear, you are having one hell of a time! At least as you say, only two more treaments after to-day.
I noted a few 'blogs' ago that you said your GP would help by getting your father admitted somewhere if things got too much on top of you. When P (my friend) had her radiotherapy she felt pretty rotten for some weeks after it was finished; I know you are a lot younger and as far as I know you haven't also had chemo (which she had) but your Dad will be prety unwell for sometime after his radotherapy; have you got a good hospice anywhere near you? they would probably take him for 2 weeks and be v good at assessing his needs for the future (however short). You (and I imagine your husband) could do with a break so do think about it - tho' I imagine your first reaction will be 'NO'.
love Eve