Boost Time

Tues. Sept. 18, 2012

I met with my radiation oncologist today. He also told me to try my best to maintain weight until I’m through with treatment. We scheduled a PET Scan for Dec. At that point the inflammation in my body should be healed and we can see how my body has responded to the treatments. 

He says I’m doing great. I’ll begin the ‘boost’ radiation treatments on Friday for the remainder of my radiation treatments. That's where they target just the large tumor area in an attempt to really shrink it and get rid of it. 

My sister-in-law and mother-in-law drove down to visit with me. We had a great time. Jenny made a wonderful casserole for us for dinner. I'm so grateful for family and their love and support. I took a very long nap this afternoon. My chest is beginning to feel like it’s on fire. It's like a bad sunburn. I guess it's just the nature of the beast. I hope the tumor is feeling the heat and dying in the process. Two more weeks to go. A neighbor knocked on the door and had made us some dinner and just wanted to drop it by. I was grateful I could eat some of it. I feel surrounded by love.