Tomorrow will be my last radiotherapy session and concurrently I will cease the chemotherapy until the next review. It has been a long 6 weeks and the last two weeks was very tough for me with pain in both the upper and lower abdominal area. Nathan and Josie were sick for part of these periods and this added pressure to Josie as she has to bear the burden of taking care of Nathan and I could not rest well during those days that Nathan was at home and I also have to worry about catch the cough from him.
In the last 2 weeks, sleep was hard to come by and I had to up the morphine dosage so that I can sleep. Because of the pain, I don’t really feel like eating but I try to anyway just to keep the energy lever up but I started to lose some weight.
You can see from this picture that the cuticle and skin around the fingernails turned dark from the chemotherapy drugs.
What you are seeing is not a dirty feet. The dark areas are also due to the chemotherapy drugs and these areas are pressure sensitive and are somewhat numb with very slight pain when I put pressure on it.
Not everything was gloomy as Josie can testify to. I did get the cough but it was mild. The doctors were quite pleased with my progress as I showed relatively little or not so severe signs of the side effects. At least after tomorrow, I can look forward to having “rest” and hopefully the body will recover from the radio and chemotherapy.
You can see from this picture that the cuticle and skin around the fingernails turned dark from the chemotherapy drugs.
What you are seeing is not a dirty feet. The dark areas are also due to the chemotherapy drugs and these areas are pressure sensitive and are somewhat numb with very slight pain when I put pressure on it.
Not everything was gloomy as Josie can testify to. I did get the cough but it was mild. The doctors were quite pleased with my progress as I showed relatively little or not so severe signs of the side effects. At least after tomorrow, I can look forward to having “rest” and hopefully the body will recover from the radio and chemotherapy.
Stand with me and Josie. Pray that I’ll recover my strength soon. I normally would not admit it but it was really difficult for me physically although I try not to show it. Two nights ago, I cried to God and almost cried myself to sleep because of the discomfort. Emotionally, I find it difficult to see Josie having to bear a greater burden.
In God We Trust and in Christ alone my hope is found.
Hebrews 11:1
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