HEALthWatch

Monday is 'Doctor Day' in our RadiotherapyCommunity. It means we take vitals, meet with a couple nurses, sometimes a resident or three, and Dr. B, who does a cursory physical, mostly monitoring my lungs, breathing and heart and asking after degrees of pain.

Our final treatment date is still next Wednesday. Following that treatment, we're meeting with Dr. C to re-examine this high blood pressure thing. FWIW, I'm running high despite wise eating, walking, and the meds. *shrugs*

We expect to learn more about Booster Radiotherapy Treatments on Monday; so far our info in all incidental and self-researched.

I'm beginning feel the effects of the damage being done to my lungs, esophagus and throat. The Radiotherapy Shooters are prescribed an hour before meals and an hour before bed. We're finding an hourly schedule to be more effective, i.e., 6am, 11am, 5pm and 10pm, because I don't notice the effects lapsing as much as I did last week on their schedule.

Or not. I need to understand how one weighs damage to one's system in the face of healing said same system.

I am also hoping to meet with Dr. A sometime next week to discuss some secondary health issues and to help her help me better case manage this treatment among two to four different departments. I'm thinking her office can better co-ordinate the distribution of the clinic notes we're generating since all of my doctors are now with the same hospital.

CraniumMan notes that alltoomany doctors and nurses prefer clients who don't tax them, and we think he's right. Some clerks still seem surprised that we ask for copies of our records; many don't know how to help us get them.

This next week will be a test of just how well we've gotten this all coordinated *knocks wood*

Make a great rest of the week!

Stay hydrated!!