Rougher days...

Well, we ended last week with a long day - but on a high note. Doc was pleased that Biff's weight seemed to be stabilizing. 

He also advised that he intends to add 10 more radiation sessions and booked a scan for next week to adjust for those. He says the radiation will be even more narrowly focused, which means he will start to recover from some side effects, particularly the loss of taste, even as those 10 additional treatments proceed. He also adjusted the amount of antifungal needed, which made Biff very happy: 3 times a day instead of 4 and only a 10-minute wait instead of 30 minutes.

He also showed us some of the pictures they take each session when preparing the aim of the zap, and showed us that the tumor in that lymph node is definitely getting smaller!

And, the team who gets him all set up for radiation discovered he is Detective Crashmore on ITYSL - 2 of them are fans of the show and got really excited. 🥲😊

The extra magnesium drip session was easy - he slept through at least half of it. While I managed to get mileage reimbursement figured out for all these 30-mile round trips (had to use the help line, but they were great and I actually got the ball rolling and got us all caught up over the weekend).

Sorry for the delay in updating this blog. Everything is just more complicated and time gets away from me. And I decided to take a "day off" for Super Bowl Sunday, which I kinda regret now, but oh well.

Yesterday I was hit with a bit of a Fibromyalgia episode, but I feel somewhat better today. Biff is doing okay. Struggling with sore throat pain more, which makes eating (more?!?) difficult, but he's trying hard to eat as much as he can. 

The nurses at radiation today reminded Biff to use the pain cocktail before he eats to help with the sore throat pain, and it did seem to help him eat more of his lunch today.

We discovered over the weekend that doing a shorter wait time after taking the Antifungal causes this gross foam to develop in his mouth and throat, making eating all but impossible, so we have gone back to the 30-minute wait but only doing it 3 times a day. Which provides at least a little relief.

Tomorrow is the last day for chemo, although we anticipate that they'll want to do the added magnesium again, including a possible second appointment for that, too. 

Not the easiest days recently but nothing really dramatic. Just getting a little harder, which is expected. Fingers crossed it doesn't get too much harder. Regardless, we're determined to work hard to get thru it all with a good outcome.

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️