Today’s radiotherapy session went smoothly and was what a “regular” session is supposed to be. I arrived at the Radiotherapy Centre at about 8:10am although my appointment was supposed to be at 8:45am. As I was early and the next patient had not arrived, I was ushered into the therapy room and the session started at about 8:20am. The entire session was over by 8:40am.
Just a quick description of the procedure, the machine used for the radiotherapy is known as a Linear Accelerator. You can learn more about the machine at http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=linac. There was a mold made when I went for my very first measurement, CT simulation and planning. This mold will be used throughout my entire radiotherapy and is used to fix the axis and location of the tumor so that the radiation beam can target the tumor accurately. There are three “dot” tattoos on my chest area that is also used to fix the position of the body and thus allowed for accurate targeting of the tumor. Once the positioning is done, the machine is put through a cycle where the tumor is irradiated from various axis where maximum radiation is focused onto the tumor.
It will be like this for the next couple weeks until end of May.
I am feeling slightly better today although the pain is still there. I will be seeing my surgeon for a regular follow-up tomorrow and at the same time I will try to arrange for an appointment to see the gastroenterologist so that I can ask about the frequent defaecation and the oily consistency of the faeces. I will also try to push for an earlier appointment with my Oncologist due to the pain that I am experiencing.
I guess the recovery from the duodenum and bile duct stenting is taking longer that I expect. I am not gaining weight and in fact lost a little more weight in the last one week, about 300 to 400 grams.
Pray that I will recover quickly and start gaining weight so that my chemotherapy could also resume and that the pain could be managed
In God We Trust
Hebrews 11:1
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