Today was Mom's thirteenth radiation treatment, meaning that her last one is tomorrow. She's looking forward to being done with that aspect of her treatment.
One of the things that we hope improve after that is done is her leg strength. She's having some difficulty now getting up from a seated position, but can with help. The radiation oncologist (Dr. Dubey) tells us that could be a result of the steroids that she is taking. Those will come to a gradual end once radiation is finished.
Her PT will help, also. She had a round of it today with the home health PT person. There were several exercises to do and Mom got some additional homework to do during the week.
Beyond that, it was a pretty normal day with nothing extraordinary to report. After tomorrow, we start to look ahead to the beginning of chemotherapy on Monday.
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Hi Norma,
ReplyDeleteI look forward each night to reading Mike's post about how your day has gone. I do so appreciate being able to keep up with your progress without interrupting your "nap" or whatever. You are in my thoughts and prayers daily. Keep up the good work!
Love ya,
Nancy(L)