Day #23 23 Down and 12 To Go

Day #23 Monday January 25,2010
Wow--- What a weekend, what a game, what a feeling, what a relief, We are going to the SUPER BOWL!!! WOW. I have been holding up pretty good with all this radiation and cancer stuff but, I cried like a little baby at the end of that game. Unless you lived each game for all those years, like I have, you have no idea how good this feels. I will write more about the game and what it means to me later on. Let me get to my weekend and my Monday treatment. This was by for the worse weekend so far since RT started. The mucus and sore throat was at it worse. I really couldn't say but a couple of words this weekend due to the pain in my mouth. Lots of things are causing the pain: sore throat, sores in the inside of my mouth from the radiation and of course the mucus.My throat was so dry , it felt as though I was eating sand. Putting a cold wet wash cloth on my face gives me some relief. It feels close to drinking some cold water. But, you can only do that so many times in a day. I gargled so many times this weekend that I really dreaded doing it. After doing it so many times, your throat gets burned from the salt. I gaged so many times, my eyes were blood shot red, my face looked like an apple, but I have to keep doing it in order to breathe. It's amazing the things your body does day after day 24/7 and we don't even think about it. Here's a little tidbit about your saliva and swallowing. Think about this and you will see would I am taking about. Your mouth does not produce extra saliva to swallow unless you think about it. If you think about swallowing you saliva , you will produce it and swallow. Will here is what sucks from my point of view. I don't want to swallow, because of the pain. Well, because I am thinking about it, my mouth produces saliva over and over and over again, leaving me with a mouth full of mucus. It's gross but, I am just telling you what I am going through. Now I have a mouth full of saliva. I garlgle to get it out and I also have a little pump that I use when it is really bad. At night it gets better. The reason being is that I am not thinking about it so my mouth does produce it over and over again. I was reading a blog yesterday and came across something that might help me with my sore throat. The person writing the blog was going through the same side effects that I am going through now. He found a supplement called Glutamine. I put 1/4 teaspoon in 8 oz. of water and I was able to drink my first glass of cold water in OOOOHHHH such a long time. It took me 25 minutes to get it down but, I got it all down. Now , this is not to say that this new stuff is the cure all product but, it worked today. It is used by boby builders to rebuild their muscles as they are training. It also helps rebuild damaged cells, like the ones that get damaged during RT. Based on the blog that I read, this product will give me some quick relief on my throat and also some long term help in the entire healing process of my entire body. Let's hope this works.
Ok. hope you enjoyed the blog today. Thanks for the comments.
Oh I almost forgot 23 Down and 12 To Go
And dont forget WHO DAT!