Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Another good day here!! Mom was feeling a 9 out of 10 today, so that's always good!!

Again, we had no plans for our morning & I headed over to Mom & Dad's around 12:30. We went to Mom's appointment as usual & all went well. When we arrive, we all sit in the waiting room & Mom sits for a few minutes to catch her breath & then heads back to have her treatment done. After about 15min, the nurse guy came out & said "TANYA?" I looked around the room & then at him & said "ME?" & he said "yes Troy asked that you come back." We all got a small laugh out of it. He said that once a week she meets with the Dr. to go over how things are feeling & going & was waiting for the Dr to come in. So i sat with her while her nurse went over some things...

She lost 4lbs from last week to this week (again, not going to disclose #'s) & he asked how her appetite was. We both said "GOOD!" & she told him that she eats all the time (which she does). He told her that 4lbs in 1 week isn't bad, but that she should eat often even when she's not hungry (to which she said "NO PROBLEM") & that she should eat lots of carbs. She LOVES fettuccine alfredo! Her blood pressure was 130/80 (which is good, but a little high for her). She told the Dr that she's been feeling good, eating good & sleeping good. The Dr said that he noticed that her neck area is obviously responding to the radiation, because the tissue is soft & has shrunken down since he's seen her last. He then asked about her voice, it's a little raspy, & we assumed that its from the radiation, so he checked inside her mouth for thrush & sure enough there's is some in the back of her throat area. So he prescribed a medication to get rid of it & said that it should help with her raspy'ness. He said that Monday would be the last day for her radiation to her brain & Thursday would be the last for her neck area. He asked when our next appointment is with Mom's oncologist & that is on Tuesday.

I asked when we'd be taking another scan (to see if all is working ok) & he said in about 6-8 weeks. (BOO!) When I asked why, he said that the radiation continues to work well after treatments & they typically wait until it's supposed to be done working before they order new scans, unless something goes wrong or her dr orders it. I'm very eager to see results, because i'm confident that it's doing something. He said that even over the next 3 weeks or so we'll see more shrinkage in her neck area. YAY!!

After that meeting, she did her radiation treatment, then we left. We went to get her new medication filled & then went home.

Sadly, I came home feeling a little under the weather (chills, headache, etc) & i'm hoping its just a "night thing" & goes away by tomorrow. Mom's got a breakfast date tomorrow & then treatment in the afternoon. 3 days til Gram, Auntie & my little cousin comes in & 5 days til my cousin comes!! I can't wait!!