I'm happy my Mom, Sis and Brother arrived safely today. They had a lot of bad ice n snow on he way (liz and Mom met Tres at high mother in Law's home in SLC).
Tomorrow we'll drive up to Portland where we have an apt type hotel lined up for the week downtown. Ki and I decided it was best to save his FMLA time while the family is here, and can drive me to and from the hospital. He'll be able to stay up there except for Tues night as he's on call.
Then he and either Liz or Tres will go down to Talent to get the house packed up with the help of our wonderful friends. Over the next coming weeks we'll have to find a place here in the Corvallis area (likely with some help from a couple of our aforementioned friends... And my sister as I don't know what my recovery time will be). I have to admit that I can't take as active a role in the process and that's hard. Thank goodness we have such supportive friends volunteering to help!
So I've learned a couple of things... It freaks me out that my entire brain is being radiated, rather than having 4 spot radiation targets. But since the 4 we saw on the ct scan aren't in one spot it doesn't make sense to not get the whole area affected, and this ideally picks up spots which may not have been counted etc. Fair warning... If I stare long and intensely in a few mos. at you and make you dizzy, start to spew secret truths, or dance in a manner otherwise unbecoming to you general mood, I'm on the record as saying no powers have been acquired.
Also - freshly radiated brain with little food intake causes any image of food to seem like the ultimate in yummy gotta have now decision.
Advice? Don't eat it... Soups, lightly sautéed veggies, zero cal vita water and small amounts off ice creme are much smarter. This is due to the pain meds blocking normal potty movements... And it ain't fun to indulge if its building up in your gut while simultaneously dealing with brain throbbing cancer bits, yet fearing to take the pain meds as they've temporally blocking my insides.
Thank goodness for my partner Ki knowing ahead of time to give me stool softener and the special D.O. technique to help bound up insides start to move and ... A Fleet Enima!
This is hardly the big event of the moment, but it's a small victory, and I'll take it!
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