Monday 16 August 2010

Radiotherapy completed

Finished the course of treatment which I have to say has gone quicker than I thought possible. The daily grind of several hours travelling is over, leaving a strange sensation in my routine - it feels like something is missing. The girls giving the treatment were great as were the ladies on reception so they both picked up a box of chocolates!
I have retired my day bag which accompanied me every trip - (TenaLady,Immodium,bog roll, spare underpants,plastic bags). Main symptoms are that I am very tired (by the afternoon I feel like one of those bunnies in the Duracell ads - the one with the wrong type of battery). Also my number 1's and 2's are all over the place (well not quite literally but nearly!!) and I am now tied to a toilet by a short lead. There is an urgency to go about every hour and then nothing much results, but it is getting me out of bed several times a night, therefore bedtime is often around 19.30.
Appointment with the specialist in around 8 weeks to see how the symptoms are settling down and then it will be a case of checking the PSA level via a blood test to see how the combined treatments are going.

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