Radiotherapy # 3, 30 to go

I'm peed off today.  The taxi was 45 mins late.  GG said he was stuck in traffic but the roads didn't seem difficult on the way to the hospital.....Anyway he said sorry, it's done with.

I don't like the afternoon manipulator team as much as the morning one.  When I went into the room, one of the manipulators didn't even turn to say hello and she forgot to put the electrodes on the side of my body for the second phase today.

There was also confusion about my appointment tomorrow which I had changed last week but the change hadn't been noted on the computer.   The dr wants to see me every week on a Thursday so I have to go late, do the treatment then wait to see her.  If I can't see her, I have to make an appointment for Saturday morning in another hospital to see her on a weekly basis;  No way, I am not taking medical appointments on yet another day of the week, enough already with 5.

I also asked about a few things that were worrying me - I seem to have electric shock type pains in my breast and it was painful to put the cream on last night, so much that I took a painkiller and my throat hurts and my voice is hoarse.  I wanted to know if this was normal just 2 sessions into the treatment (surely not) or if this is something else.  That's the problem when you're doing a treatment like this that you can't see; you don't really know what's causing what.  Anyhow, the manipulator just said 'ask the doctor', whereas the morning team had indicated that they are the link to the doctor and I should tell them anything I need to.

Also because of the delayed appointment, dh was obliged to ask a neigbour to look after Loic so he could take my other son swimming.  So it was a bit of a crappy session.  Also, I was thinking about the session all day.  I'd much prefer the morning sessions to the evening.

The thing I'm grateful for today is our neigbours who looked after Loic without hesitation and urged me to ask them if and when I needed them.