Radiation FINALLY

Hi All -
Rick was a trooper through his first round of chemotherapy. The first few days were fairly easy, but from about day 4 through 8 he felt exhausted, nauseous, and another feeling of general YUCH that he said he couldn't really describe. So much skin fell off of him that one morning it looked like it had snowed on our bedroom floor. (Too much detail?)

During that same time, the dermatologist removed a squamous cell carconoma from his arm. He was so sick from the chemo, that he had to lay down while they removed the growth from his arm. On the positive side, he was oblivious to what the doctor was doing. He said that compared to all the other pokes and prods he has had, the arm surgery was nothing.

Rick was supposed to start radiation on June 21, Monday. Dr. Chi was on vacation last week and he did not like some component of the radiation plan that had been developed - so when he got back on Monday, they had to rework the plan. We were anxious about the delay because the radiation is scheduled to run for 25 working days and based on the original plan, Rick would have been finished in time to go to Lori and Brian's wedding in Philadelphia. The radiology office was very aware of the wedding schedule and managed to get the new plan finished today (Wednesday) and we are supposed to get a call this afternoon telling us what time radiation will be tomorrow. So again, we wait - but with the hope that it may all work out after all.