Day 33 - Siesta Key

Today marks our 1 month anniversary in Siesta Key.

I was bought up with the old adage, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." I haven't posted in a week because I haven't had anything nice to say. :( Cancer stinks, no matter how you look at it. I pray that a cure is found for ALL types of cancer.

D has had a rough week. He ran out of energy last Friday and hasn't fully recovered. We stayed home all last weekend. We drove over to Titusville to watch the Discovery launch on Monday night (BTW, it was cancelled). I think that pushed D over the edge as far as fatigue. He had experimented with dropping some of the meds, adding some back, etc. and couldn't tell that it made a difference one way or the other. Yesterday when he saw the nurse, she told him to stop taking the meds. He seems to have a little more energy today, but still needs a lot of rest. He has 10 treatments left before seeding.

We are really trying not to be complainers because he is just receiving radiation, not chemotherapy. I don't know how folks do it when they have to receive both types of treatment at the same time. Like I said earlier, cancer stinks.

OK, I'm finished blowing off steam. Thanks for listening! And thanks for your friendship and thoughts and prayers.

I plan to post more tomorrow about Dosimetry (layman's version) and why D chose this type of treatment over other types. Some friends and family have asked interesting questions and I hope the next posting will answer things that people are uncomfortable or afraid to ask.