Well, apparently not a whole lot! He has said he has some issues with the back of his tongue and his teeth, but no hair loss, no problems with the sun, no tiredness (other than what he has had recovering from Chemo) - at least nothing yet, and the Dr. is very surprised.
It looks like his radiation should be done by May 12, assuming there are no problems with the machines again like earlier this week.
As of today (4/24) he is looking at finishing up May 15th due to maintenance on the machines.
We got our tickets for our mini-vacation coming up in May -
May 18th Jason graduates and May 19th we put Jason on a plane back to Hong Kong, Mom & Dad (Horton) will come up to house sit and we take off for Ft. Myers. On the 20th we catch a boat to Key West where we will spend 2 days of fun in the sun (well, as much as Gil is allowed) before coming back.
We are VERY excited and counting down the days!
Well, until next posting...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Holy, Holy week!
What a way to spend Holy week. At school I'm dealing with SRI testing, running the library, and today I had massive muscle spasms in my neck and right shoulder. Gil has work, started radiation and we are both dealing with services at church (actually, he was only home Monday, but I had a SAC meeting that night).
Anyway, last Wed. Gil had his fitting. As it was told to me, he was strapped down to a table and a heated cheesecloth like mold was stretched across his face, clamped down and he was left to cool & harden. No movement for several minutes! And guess what they used for a handle – one super pointy nose! When Gil saw the mask, he told the nurse he knew his nose was pointy, but it’s not that pointy. She had to excuse herself from the room – to laugh!
As for the radiation, his first day was like a blind amusement ride. They had to do x-rays and the radiation treatment at 2pm Tuesday (4/11). He said he was strapped down, his masked clamped on (which is evidently very uncomfortable) then he rolled around from the x-ray machine to radiation machine in the same room and it was all done. All of about 15 minutes! Now his standing appointment is 4:45pm every weekday for the next 4 weeks.
Only one more month and life will simplify – school will be over, Jason will graduate, radiation & chemo will be behind us, it will be time to relax (a little).
Anyway, last Wed. Gil had his fitting. As it was told to me, he was strapped down to a table and a heated cheesecloth like mold was stretched across his face, clamped down and he was left to cool & harden. No movement for several minutes! And guess what they used for a handle – one super pointy nose! When Gil saw the mask, he told the nurse he knew his nose was pointy, but it’s not that pointy. She had to excuse herself from the room – to laugh!
As for the radiation, his first day was like a blind amusement ride. They had to do x-rays and the radiation treatment at 2pm Tuesday (4/11). He said he was strapped down, his masked clamped on (which is evidently very uncomfortable) then he rolled around from the x-ray machine to radiation machine in the same room and it was all done. All of about 15 minutes! Now his standing appointment is 4:45pm every weekday for the next 4 weeks.
Only one more month and life will simplify – school will be over, Jason will graduate, radiation & chemo will be behind us, it will be time to relax (a little).
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