Sept 17th - 21st, 2007

I am going onto radiation treatment 14.. the pain in my hip/leg from the tumor on my sciatica.. is beginning to subside but the tingling from the nerve working again.. is getting to be stronger and stronger. I am not needing as much NORCO for pain but am needing more Lyrica for the nerve tingling. I am still on NORCO though because I am having severe abdominal pain from taking so many Imodium pills.. usually 12-16 a day to try and keep the diarrhea down.. my pelvic area is so burned and having the acid-diarrhea burns me up like crazy...

My appetite is going away... each day I eat less and less. It's like I chew the food but when I try and swallow... it's hard to get the food down! I used to be able to eat nice sized meals before 1pm... but that's getting more difficult. I tell JR I need Gatorade and chicken broth.. and he gets me plenty.. I try drinking Ensure and some other meal replacement drinks and I gag on them... YUCK!!

Sept 20th, 2007... my dad and his wife arrived... I was completely surprised. I had no idea. My dad went through cancer treatments too for stage 4 prostate cancer. He and his wife flew into the Tulsa airport and drove in... tomorrow my 1/2 sister and her husband are coming in... my daughter is driving down to pick them up!

I'm not feeling so good.. basically I just sit and listen to them all talk. I don't have much energy for anything else.

Sept 21st, 2007

Today my dad and his wife go with us to my radiation treatments and to meet my doctors. My dad and his wife are staying at the Residence Inn which is VERY close to the Hulston Center in Springfield.. they come in with me.. and see the radiation machine.. and meet my techs and Dr Albritton. After my treatments dad takes us all to Scramblers for breakfast... I am not very hungry.. I get my food already to eat and I chew it up but I can seem to swallow.

After we finish with breakfast we drive over to South Gate Baptist Church. We have been attending this church since Christmas 1998.... We moved to Missouri in June of 1998... Our youngest daughter, Whitney, is getting married on December 28th at South Gate and my dad and his wife want to see what the inside of the church looks like so they can get an idea of how to decorate. I won't be able to do much decorating for this wedding so I am trying to get as much help as I can to decorate. My dad's wife goes shopping with Whitney and helps her buy some decorations for the reception and for the church...

We finally get home and I go to bed. I am so tired and since I didn't get to pack my pelvic area with ice.. I am burning up.. JR crushes me several bags of ice... I pack myself down and the ice melts fast... JR gets me more ice... The skin between my butt cheeks... is basically non-existent.. the entire area is open oozing radiation sores. I do sitz baths 3 to 4 times a day and nothing is helping.. I slather on ointments and salve... I am not taking pain medication for gas pains and for radiation burns..

I really don't remember dinner this night.. We might have gotten food and brought it to the house... Aimee and Troy arrive late and Whitney drove to pick them up so she was probably tired too...