Last week was very similar to the one before, with the exception of having Wednesday off for Christmas. I did have a treatment on Christmas Eve. My radiation oncologist, Dr. Langer, was off last week, so I saw Dr. McMullen on Tuesday. I told him about the irritation at the radiation site. He checked me and wasn’t concerned with what he saw. I also told him about the bladder irritation and he prescribed a medication for that. The bladder irritation wasn’t as bad at that time as it had been the previous weekend. I delayed taking the medication until yesterday. The rash got worse during the week and I have alternated between hand lotion and petroleum jelly on the site, but neither seems to help. I will tell Dr. Langer when I see him this week.
Since I only had one day off from the radiation treatments, Mom came here for Christmas. It was good to visit with her – our first time together since Thanksgiving. She got to see that I really was doing as well as I had told her.
I expect this week to be more of the same with respect to the treatments. I will meet my new medical oncologist today and will probably see Dr. Langer on Tuesday. New Year’s Day provides another mid-week break from treatment, although at this point I would like to have that treatment and be one day closer to the end.
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