13 down, 26 to go

13 IMRT radiation sessions down, 26 more to go. Yes! No new side effects to report. I've already mentioned how much not being able to taste things has changed my feeling about the whole eating process. I'm so jealous when I watch these TV shows on the travel channel and the food network, and these guys are eating everything. The food looks so good. Thank goodness there is no smell-a-vision feature on televisions yet. If so, my television would have my teeth marks or at least saliva all over it, the little bit of saliva that I have left.

Today's chemo infusion was the quickest on record for me. In and out in one hour! I met an older gentleman in the infusion center today. We spent almost the whole time talking about Macs since I noticed he was carrying an Apple bag. He mentioned he still uses an Apple laptop that's 8 years old. Dude seriously needs an upgrade. We had identical first generation iPhones. Cool.

I received my feedings for my feeding tube this week. They shipped me six cases of NUTREN® 2.0. These little cans pack 500 calories and are vanilla flavored, which doesn't really matter since through the tube or through my mouth, I cannot taste it. I have yet to try them since I'm still trying to eat everything through my mouth to keep those muscles working.

For my daily amifostine shots that I receive before my radiation treatments, I've asked the nurses to use a bigger needle and to use my thighs as the injection site; definitely less burning sensation than my arms and the larger needle makes the shot go much quicker.

Have a great weekend!