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Yes, first four days are over, am not sure I'll ever get used to the pull your pants and undies now, but guess it is what it is. I was scolded friday, in trouble the last 2 days, I drank about 66 oz of water before both appts, thursday, I did go to the bathroom before leaving work takes 45 minutes to get there. Friday did not, but, both days they said my bladder was only half full. I do not know why with drinking that much water why it is not getting to my bladder in time for the appt. Guess I will see what happens being off tomorrow, see if I do better on Monday, however, appt. is 8:35 am in morning. I will drink 33 oz an hr before getting there but not sure that is going to do it, when drinking 66oz last 2 hrs before appt's last 2 days. First day seemed to have headache for about 4 hrs, and seemed to have intense smelling of odors for hrs. But, Wednesday thru Friday, appts are after I leave work just go home eat and fall asleep before long. Friday night Saturday morning woke up 12:30 am having to go to bathroom badly, floor in bathroom ended up pretty wet. All that water decided it was time to leave my body. Very strange.
Guess time will tell. I will say Saturday's are going to be my favorite day of the week, get to stay at work all day, not having to leave early for appts. Radiation so far isn't bothering me much that I can tell, have noticed bowels movements seem to be thinner. But, I do not really get hungry, so just eat because I know I need to eat. Like to drink water though, tomorrow going to drink tea since will be home. Will see how things go Monday.
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@terradean It really is challenge to figure out how much water to drink before your radiation appointment and time it just right. You have a longer drive than I did to your appointments and since you're working you have a tighter schedule. Here is what I did. I arrived to my appointment about 30 minutes early. My appointment was about a 10-15 minute drive but I had to park a distance from where I had the radiation treatments. I began drinking water before I left the house, sipped on the water during the drive and while walking to the appointment. Then I finished my bottle of water while I waited in the lobby. There were just a few times I was told my bladder was not full enough although frankly I never could quite figure out how full to be.
My appetite was off during radiation treatment and I lost a little weight but only about 5 or 6 pounds. Also, my bowel movements were more frequent starting at about the half way point of treatments. I carried Immodium with me. Just one tablet of Immodium helped me with a few bouts of diarrhea.
In your weekly meeting with your radiation oncologist you can bring up the side effects you have having. I suggest that you write these down so you don't forget during your appointment. In my experience they were very interested in keeping me as comfortable as possible and had good suggestions.
How are you feeling today?
I want to share something that helped me.
I started my 25 radiation sessions last Monday and also had chemotherapy on that day. Tuesday I drank over 60oz. like they told me to and my bladder was only 40% full. I had to get off the table and chug two 12oz. glasses of water and wait 20 minutes. My bladder was full after that. On Wednesday my bladder was 75% full. Not what they wanted but they still treated me. I was sick to my stomach from drinking so much water. I met with a dietitian afterwards. I told her what a struggle it's been to get a full bladder. She said to start by drinking "Liquid IV" (Gatorade, Powerade, and Propel also work.) She said this would give my cells what they need and then start drinking the plain water and that would fill my bladder. On Thursday/Friday/today my bladder was good! (97-99% and they are happy.) And so was I!!!
Hope this helps you!!!
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That’s interesting. I didn’t have a form made they just moved me on the table until I aligned up. I can’t even remember if I had tattoo marks put on my body like they did with my breast.