This past
Friday was my 7th radiation treatment for my prostate cancer. I also
had my first meeting with my radiation oncologist. So far, I haven’t felt many
side effects to the treatments and the ones I have experienced were fairly mild.
But, he told me that normally side effects don’t show up for the first couple
of weeks. They will just start seemingly
out of nowhere, and there is no way to predict if and when they will happen, or
what they might be. So, I’ve got that to look forward to.
I will admit
that this weekend I am feeling more tired than ever. I slept through the entire half-time
and third quarter of the Nebraska game, and my family will tell you that is
nothing short of amazing; completely out of character for me. It seems to be
progressing in fact, and is starting to bother me. This fatigue is beginning to
cut into my part-time job, and with the bills starting to come in for the
cancer, we can’t afford to be without that supplemental income. I also am
starting to get the more frequent urination that they warned me about, even
getting up 2 or 3 times during the night where it used to be only once in
awhile.
I have an
article that I need to get done so that it can get into Flat Out magazine, and
I talked to the subject a few weeks ago about it. I haven’t been able to even
get started on it. Heck; I’ve put off this blog post for 2 days now!!!
So, it boils
down to the fact that we’re 7 treatments down, 18 to go (hopefully). As long as
I don’t start experiencing problems with the treatment, I’ll be done in a
little under 4 weeks! I have no idea what comes after that, but we will handle
it as it comes.
Thanks again
for everyone’s concern and well wishes. It means a lot to Linda and I.
