This morning saw us in radiotherapy verification, which was basically to check that:
• the mask fits
• I am ok to start (health wise)
• to have a practice run
• to check that the treatment plan set out by my onchologist will give me the best possible outcome with the least possible disruption to me. To say that the mask fits well is something of an understatement. When it came off after about 15 minutes the skin on my face was like a waffle where the skin sticks through the plastic. Not a great look I have to say.
All went well, we then went to get some info regarding my rig (feeding tube). We were shown how to flush it out, which basically means filling a syringe with 50ml of water and pumping it through once a day and how to clean the area around where it goes into my tummy. How to feed myself through it will be gone over as and when I need it.
Not surprisingly the food that you can use is in a liquid form, so we were surprised to hear Wendy the nurse say that she has known someone trying to force Rice Krispies through one! We were speechless.
So everything is now in place for the first radiotherapy session, followed by my second 'single' chemo session on wednesday.
If I can just bring your attention to my fantastic wife and daughter's fund raising efforts. They are running (probably walking but who cares) the Race For Life next month. I'm not sure where Keeley will find time to do any training in-between looking after all of us, working and keeping our home ticking over, but she is showing herself to be, as I have always known, some kind of superhero. Think Wonderer Woman with domestic and creative skills (and the patience of a saint) and you won't be far away.
www.justgiving.com/KeeleyandGrace
Here is a picture I took of Keeley earlier today. Wowzers.
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