Radiation

Tomorrow will be the last day of week 2 of radiation.  John's almost recovered from last week's chemo. He had a couple days that he couldn't keep his blood pressure up high enough to walk around without passing out.  He fell again and hurt his knee and ankle but thankfully no broken bones this time.  Last week he was inpatient for chemo and so he just had radiation each day he was there.  This week we have drove back and forth to SL every day for radiation.  We borrowed a book on cd from John's grandma (Unbroken by Laura Hildebrand) - that has made the drive something to look forward to. 

Today, after exiting in SL, John recognized the truck in front of us and the people in the truck recognized John through their rear-view mirror.  So we stopped by them at the light and John was able to chat with two of his friends from work.  We are constantly reminded how blessed John is to work at Westland - there are so many great people there.

This week has actually been enjoyable for me.  I like having something that gets us up and going for the day. During Tuesday's radiation, I planned a couple meals and then when we got home I went grocery shopping with a list - with actual meals planned.  This is probably the first time I have done that since treatments have started.  The past few months, I have only gone grocery shopping in the freezer isle or just to fill the shopping cart with diapers, formula and Powerade (which is one of the few things John can stand to drink with all the taste bud changes he has had with chemo).  Then on Wednesday, I actually made dinner! I really don't think I have made a dinner in months.  My family got together around the time of the diagnosis and made a bunch of freezer meals for us; so did John's mom.  And we have had friends who have randomly dropped off meals for us.  And half the time we are at the hospital, so we aren't even home to eat. 

Today during radiation, I was working on the puzzle in the waiting room.  Yesterday, I think I won a few games of Trivia Crack against two of my sisters :)  It's nice that technology allows us to hang out and play games even when we are apart.