The first two days of radiotherapy have finished. I was a bit tired at the end of the first day. Today I am feeling fine.
The radiotherapy is done in the early morning and the afternoon. I have to lie on a bed with my feet up on a ledge. Bags of stuff are packed down the side of me against panels against either shoulder. I then lie there like a sardine for 40 minutes. Twenty minutes on one side, the bed is then rotated around 180 degrees and I get zapped on my other side. I feel nothing during the whole procedure except beeing a bit sore from being perfectly still for so long.
I have experienced no nausea etc so far from the radiotherapy.
I also had a lumbar puncuture on wednesday at lunchtime. This is much like an epidural. I lie on my side on the bed in fetal position. A shot of local anaesthetic and a needle into the spine. As usual I felt a bit faint etc but that is my normal reaction to needles – there was no pain. The worst part was having to lie on my back for two hours without moving much in order prevent a headache etc. I was a bit shagged after that.
After this mornings radiotherapy I had my pentamidine inhalation. This stuff is to prevent pneumocystis pneumonia. I sat in a closed room and inhaled the stuff for about 20 minutes. No problems there.
One more day of radiotherapy and then two days of chemo. I then have a day off and get Nicoles stem cells on Tuesday.
By the way, I am in big room shown in a earlier blog entry here.