Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Starting the recovery phase

Hal stayed home today to take care of the kids, get our house back in shape, and let me rest. What an awesome man he is.

Well, I didn't realize this before, but the recovery phase of radiation therapy may actually be more difficult than the radiation itself. I'm having a very difficult time getting enough nutrition and, therefore, enough energy because I cannot eat anything and the nutritional drinks sometimes make me throw up. My nose and throat are very tender and bleed a lot and my skin is burned a bit.

Even though I know I have a few tough months ahead, I feel very blessed to have such competent doctors and state-of-the-art facilities here in Logan. This would have been so much more difficult even a couple of years ago. I would have had to drive to Ogden every day and who knows what I would have done with my children.

I know the Lord is aware of me and my family and the struggles we are going through. He sends me messages of comfort in so many ways and I am so grateful for this.

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