Day #19 19 Down and 16 To Go

Day#19 Tuesday January 19th 2010.
Welcome it was back to the grind today after 3 nice days away from the Radiation. It sure was nice. I am on the downslope from here so I really see the light at the end of this long tunnel. As I said previously, the past few days has been hell with the mucus. Along with that, my skin has become so darn dry that I could be in a circus sideshow as SNAKEMAN.. I have lots of different meds for this but none seem to be working at this point. I am showering everyday now just to knock all this skin from my body. I had been showering every other day because of all the things I must do when I shower. I have to replace bandages and now my showers take about 1 hr.. I used to be able to get ready for anything in 20 minutes. Today I meant with Dr. Holland as I usually do on Tuesdays. My weight was up 6/10 of a lb.! I am now at 168.6 lbs. Dr. Halland thought everything was coming along fine. I had developed some skin rash in the back of my head and he said that was from the RT and not to worry. My tongue is still slowly shrinking to where it should be. He jumped me a little for not working my throat muscles enough. Here is the deal. I am having problems swallowing water and other liquids. He said that I MUST try a few times per day to get anything down. If I don't , those muscles will get more and more difficult to use.Scar tissue will build up arrow those muscles and then I will be in a hell of a bind. Even if it hurts like hell, I must to this to avoid problems when my RT is over. So, now I am going to be working on that little situation. Other than that, everything is going well. He still tells me that it will get worse than it is now. Man, I like he honesty but, he should keep that to himself- LOL.
Thanks to all of you how are reading this blog. It really is helping me to put my thoughts and activities in writing. It's amazing how this cancer his just taking over my life. It will be so good when my RT is done and I get the - ALL CLEAR from the doctors. I am looking for to eating and drinking like a real person. I never realized how my TV commercials are about food and drinks! They drive me nuts. I am wearing out the TV clicker.Okay, gotta go for now. We will chat later. Oh by the way I almost forgot- 19 Down and 16 To Go.
GO SAINTS!!