The Last Day of Radiation

Well, we are at the end of the first two weeks of Consolidation. At no time will regularly scheduled treatment be so grueling. 12 radiation treatments, 9 doses of Chemo IV, one dose of IT treatment ( Spinal Chemo) 14 doses of oral chemo. Now we wait and see. What we have seen so far has been remarkable. She seems to be tolerating the treatment. She has had some complaints, Mump like symptoms, head aches, nausea and the hair is going, and going and well more on that later. She has needed 3 pints but it perked her right up. Unless her number crash she will be back in school on Tuesday.

She never complains except about brushing her teeth. We have been arm wrestling about that. She let me know today that the toothpaste tastes icky. Smells are becoming more of a problem. This too will pass.

My new assitant Dawn made a great suggestion. Give blood. M-E really really benefited from it. Also everyone needs to get on to the Bone marrow registery.