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Treatment Day 32…

Another good night’s sleep…got to sleep around midnight, awoke once around 5am to get another ice pack, but then slept until after 9:30 a.m.!

Had to RUSH to get ready for church as we were running seriously late, especially since Dawnette was supposed to be doing children’s today.  The Crossing continued our series on “Authentic Faith”, which was really good.  I helped out with A/V since someone wasn’t able to make it.  I was doing alright pain-wise for the most part, but towards the end of the service, I was feeling pretty nautious.

I barely made it home & had to rush to the bathroom…and from there of course the pain was only amplified.  I went upstairs to lay on the bed & ice down &  had multiple BM’s all afternoon…it was a rough day.  Even after laying down a good portion of the afternoon, I still didn’t feel that much better.  About mid-way through the afternoon, my neighbor, Scott Latta came over to help us change out a light bulb at our entrance.  It’s a 2-story light fixture & there is NO way I could climb that ladder to do it.  We’re extremely grateful that he was willing to help us out!

We had friends from church, Danny & Amy Wells that made us dinner…chicken enchiladas…being italian, that would not normally be at the top of my list, but it was REALLY good.  So good in fact that Dawnette had a 2nd helping!  They also made a cinnamon dessert with frosting that was really good as well!

Afterwards, I went back & laid down to relax & ice down…around 7:30 p.m. I went downstairs to make a pumpkin pie (LOVE pumpkin pie) & then went back upstairs to rest while it cooked.

Waited for it to cool down for a couple hours & had a late night snack before bed…till tomorrow…

Pain: 8

Treatment Day 28…4 week mark!

Well, just over a week left to go…

Slept a bit better last night.  Had my radiation treatment this morning as usual.   On the way home though, I had the fun of getting a flat tire (front left).  I walked over to Auto Zone & got a fix-a-flat, but that didn’t help. That was tiring enough, but I popped the trunk & got the temporary spare out (WHY does Cadillac NOT include a real spare on a car at this price?). Had issues getting it under the car at the right place, but finally got it & started jacking it up, but it was just too much for me. Luckily we have OnStar, so I called them.

Took Cadillac a bit less than an hour to get to me from 75/Park. I took the time to crank the A/C & music & rest. One of the most difficult things I’m dealing with throughout all of this is the emotional impact. I’m also tired of feeling helpless, not being able to do something as simple as changing a tire. It gets incredibly frustrating.

Anyhow, Jeff from Cadillac came out to put the tire on…really nice guy, very friendly. We had a good chat while he was putting the spare on. He wrapped it up pretty quickly…I took the car to 2-3 places to get estimates for 4 new tires.

Holy crap! Cadillac is proud of the Michelin tires…all 3 places had them, but they were $220+ for each tire. As I needed 4, there was NO WAY I was doing that. I stepped down a notch or two & got Falken 612′s or something like that…40k mile warranty. It was still $700+ out the door…WOW!

Got home & had to rest as I was exhausted. Dawnette came home & we relaxed a bit before heading to church for our weekly home groups.  This week we met at the church to “regroup” if you will & choose a different home group for the next 8-12 weeks.  Played a game where we had to get with everyone in the room to see if they had done something on our hand-out.   It was kinda fun…I was the only one of the group (25+) who liked anchovies.  And one of a select few who don’t own any apply hardware.  There were quite a few other things as well…it was fun getting to know others in the group a bit better.

After home group was over, Dawnette & I were hungry, so we went to Scotty P’s & ordered a burger & onion rings to split.  It was really good…I think they have the best burgers in Frisco.  Anyhow, we watched some of our television shows that we record via the DVR while we had dinner & then got ready for bed.

A fairly eventful day to say the least…

Pain: 6

Treatment Day 25…

Another long night…didn’t get to sleep till at least 3 again…it’s gonna catch up to me at some point.  Once I did get to sleep though, I got about 5-6 hours again.

We went to church in the morning at the Crossing where we continued our message on Authentic Faith.  Worship was very good as well.

Afterwards, we headed home & I relaxed for a bit before Dawnette & I went to Wal-Mart for the weekly fun of grocery shopping.  We finished up in just enough time to come home & put the groceries away before heading back out again to church for weekly prayer.

After prayer, we came home & made dinner & watched a movie.  Later on the bowel movements returned putting me in more pain.  I took my pills & tried to relax & get some sleep…we’ll see how it goes from here…