Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween to everyone. Diane and I are writing this blog together on Halloween Night. We have had the most trick or treaters we have ever had since living here. Brings me back to when i used to go trick or treat'n a couple yeras ago JK. Now, we both get big'n fat eating all the left over candy, but thank god Diane bought some pretty generic candy this year...not to appetizing.
Well I am a week from being done with the treatments. If everything adds up I have only 5 more days of actual treatment and it could not be soon enough. This burn on my neck is really starting to hurt and the side effects are at a maximum. I still have a voice, though a raspy one, it's still a voice. According to my doc at this point I should only have a wisper, but i actually have more than that, which is a good sign. I thought on this blog I would give you a day-in-the-life of me going through this treatment schedule. My first appointment is at 9:00 am, so I wake up at 7:30 am every morning. I leave the house by 8:30 and do my first radiation treatment at 9. I am out of there by about 9:20am. The treatments are pretty fast, it is really only about 10 seconds of radiation a side. After my first treatment i do some arrends and then go workout for about an hour. (i'm down to 200 lbs now but have built a bit of muscle and it really gives me some nice energy to get through the morning) After the working out, when I have a lot to do, I stay down in SLC until my second appt at 3:30 pm. Latley because the side effects are so strong i am really burnt out about 12 noon and go home to take a nap. The reason radiation makes me so tired is because my body is working over-time repairing all the damage the radiation is causing.There must be a minimum of 6 hours between treatments. I go in again at 3:30pm and I am out by 3:50 pm. I then drive immediately home and take about an hour nap and am refreshed for the evening. I usually pop my first pain pill at 4:00pm (Loritab). then Diane comes home about 6pm and we eat dinner, which has been soup for the last 3 weeks. Getting a little tired of soup, I am craving a nice hamburger. At 8pm i pop two of the the more major pain killer (Oxycontin) and it puts me in a good mood for the rest of the evening...matter of fact I am on them now. so if i start sluuuuurring mmmyy woo rdsss! jk. Actually it is a very effective pain killer without any side effects. We are then in bed by 10pm. Sleep by 10:30pm. Thats my day Mon-Fri. Weekends are just plain lazy.
You may say to yourself, that is a lot of driving, well my driving just go alot more fun. A little over a week ago, i received my brand new 2008 BMW 535i. I LOVE THIS CAR !!!!! It is sheer pleasure driving this everyday and i count my lucky stars that i was able to save up and get one. I am a car guy and this is the ultimate car. Well getting late and i am forcing Diane to watch the movie "Saw" with me tonight, she wil be very scared!!!!! Well we both say goodnight and thankyou for all your input.
Chris and Diane