Swamp Draining

It's been mid-April since the blog has been updated and that was by my wife no less. I intended this to be a more or less daily chronicle of my cancer treatment, but as we say here in the South, when you're up to your [butt] in alligators, it's tough to remember that you're supposed to be draining the swamp.

Mid-April was towards the end of concurrent Chemo and Radiation Therapy and the energy and gumption were zapped right out of me. I was doing little more than sleeping.

The end of April, after my last RT, was when I hit bottom; Three and a half months later, that's changed. I feel almost normal now, though still tire easily.

You're probably wondering (you haven't?!) what I've been up to for the last few months so here's a short rundown of what's happened:

• Lost, then regained nearly all my voice.
• Lost my hair.
• Lost the ability to spit (It's important in some social circles!)
• Nearly lost the ability to swallow food.
• Lost 25 pounds (no, don't even think of trying this instead of Weight Watchers).
• Had a horrific skin breakdown where all the electrons kept bombarding me.
• Learned to appreciate the role of taste in keeping your appetite.

I still intend for this blog to be a guide for the novice cancer victim so he or she will have some idea of what to expect. Future posts will include these topics and more.

Unrelated side note: When I took typing (now called keyboarding) in high school, I was taught to always use a double space between sentences.  Now I've recently learned that good style requires that only a single space separate sentences (I love alliteration!). It's a hard habit to break, but this and future posts will adhere to this new rule.  What do you think? What do you care?