Radiotherapy.....DONE!!!

So, my radiotherapy is all finished!! Had my last session yesterday morning. I’m so made up to be finished, it’s great feeling that they aren’t going to do anything more to my poor mouth and skin. The doc says it will get worse for a few days before it starts to feel better as it heals, but even psychologically I already feel better just knowing it’s over. Looking at my mouth is horrible, literally every bit is covered in blisters but at least I can only feel about 1 third of my tongue! Although the new thigh flap bit of my tongue is blistered and swollen as well I have no feeling in it, so it could feel a lot worse!! I am in a lot of pain and everyday they are increasing the amount of morphine I’m on to try and get the right balance so hopefully we’ll get that sorted soon and the pain will just start to die down too.
I’m still exhausted and that will last quite a while, but hopefully as I start to feel better I will be able to sleep more. Think I will be out on Monday, depends on how I feel though. Back in next week for my last chemo then fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong it will be bye bye to Clatterbridge! They took some blood yesterday and were about worried about some of it, like my red blood cell count was quite low so they will take some more on Wednesday and decide then if I’m up for the last chemo or not!
The last six weeks have gone much faster than I thought they would and it has been hard, but they kind of prepare you for the absolute worst so I was expecting worse. I’m so pleased I’ve managed to keep eating enough and getting my nutritional drinks down me that I haven’t had to have a feeding tube! I warned them I was stubborn enough to do it and I’ve even managed to put on 2 kilos!! haha, nothing stops me!
It’s been such a bizarre few months and I can’t believe it’s nearly at an end. I’m so excited now at the thought of getting my life back to normal, there is so many little things I’ve missed. It’s going to take a long time to get totally well again, I’m going to feel quite tired for a good few months, but I’ll get there and it will have been so worth the whole thing!!