So I'm done with round three. Things are going along ok. A couple of changes though. The plan has changed again, I'll be getting 14 doses of radiation. The idea is to give a lower dose each day to try to avoid some of the negative side effects without forgoing cancer killing. The last two doses will be a little different because they'll carve out a spot so as not to radiate my brainstem (was radiated before and is important for basic function - breathing, etc). The other change is the doctor says she'd rather I not be driving to the city every day. She said she's being very conservative, but better safe than sorry (it'd be bad for me to have a seizure driving to or from the radiation appointments!).
So far I'm feeling ok, things are weird mostly because of the steroids. They make it impossible to get a good night's sleep. My doctor told me that I'm taking about 20x more adrenaline than my body would normally be making each day. I'm weaning off the steroids already, so hopefully that'll get better. For now, I'm physically tired, but just can't see to get more than an hour or two of sleep. I'm hoping to drop the dose a little more this weekend and maybe I'll be able to SLEEP!!
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So far I'm feeling ok, things are weird mostly because of the steroids. They make it impossible to get a good night's sleep. My doctor told me that I'm taking about 20x more adrenaline than my body would normally be making each day. I'm weaning off the steroids already, so hopefully that'll get better. For now, I'm physically tired, but just can't see to get more than an hour or two of sleep. I'm hoping to drop the dose a little more this weekend and maybe I'll be able to SLEEP!!
