What up party people?!

I only have 9 more treatments left! They have reduced the area being treated and I am starting to get some energy and appetite back. I can’t tell you how great it feels to be feeling a bit more normal again.

I am planning a slow crawl back into fitness and will be going full boar after the fourth of July. For right now, I’m taking it pretty easy since it doesn’t take much to tucker me out.

I am also getting excited to get back to school after a year off. Classes start at the end of August so I better start studying soon!

I have missed a few days of treatment in the last couple of weeks due to a holiday and machine issues. I am currently up to 24 treatments, which means only 16 more to go!

I had a pretty rough start to last week, Katie thinks I slept for 14-15 hours on Wednesday… But I am feeling good enough today to provide an update. Speaking of updates, I have some orthopedic news.

I went in for a follow up with my orthopedic surgeon and have been cleared to slowly re introduce whatever sports I want to back into my life! He even had me take a little jog down the hallway today, and it felt so strange.

Once radiation treatment ends, I plan on stepping up my game in Yoga and learning to swim, so I can swim before class on school days next fall. I have much hope that the strength and appetite of this scrawny dude will return, but this time with a new and improved titanium hardware!

One third of the way through my treatment plan, just wanted to mention it.

Last week was my first full week of treatments. Including today, I am now up to 8 treatment sessions. Last week ran much more smoothly than my first couple of days, we only had a delay on Thursday. Now that treatments are more regular, the appointments are only lasting about 20 minutes and I am getting back into town before noon! Plenty of time for a relaxing nap, lunch and a yoga session.

I am starting to feel some side effects including fatigue and nausea. I spent all weekend just laying around and relaxing, seems to be what my body wants right now. My appetite seems to be slightly affected with me feeling full before I normally would, but I am still managing to eat pretty well. I meet with my oncologist tomorrow to discuss my side effects and concerns. Otherwise, I’m just plugging along. The best advice I have been given so far is, “if the body asks for it, do it.” So now, if i’m tired, I just lay down and take a nap. Seems to be working so far.

Radiation treatments started this week. Wednesday was my first scheduled day. The plan was for them to run some simulations on Wednesday and have the doctor review the results. That way when I came in on Thursday they could start with the treatments. This was a great plan except the fact that when I showed up on Wednesday, the machine was down and they had to reschedule my appointment. New plan, show up Thursday and they would do everything they wanted to do the previous day PLUS give me my first dose of radiation. Luckily a friend was already driving up north on Wednesday on other business and I just tagged along, so the drive was not a waste. Thursday I had my first driver whose sole intent was to get me to my appointment, hopefully it would all go well. It didn’t… We arrived and checked in early only to find out there was a scheduling problem and my appointment was going to be delayed an hour. I ended up being treated when my time came and after finishing the simulations, the treatment went fairly quickly. My first day receiving a dose of radiation was complete. I checked myself for strange glowing bits, found nothing, and headed home. Today I show up for my appointment and the machine is down again, but I was told “it should be operating again shortly.” Over an hour past my appointment time, I was treated. Now I am up to two doses of this stuff and I am more than ready for it to be over. Hopefully next week runs a little more smoothly.

Hello everyone, Jordan here

So, I am two weeks out from my initial imaging appointment for my radiation treatments. They should have a start date for me within the next week. Once I am scheduled to start I can contact my driving volunteers and start organizing a calender. In the mean time, I am keeping busy with daily yoga classes, chores around the house and preparing myself for my return to school in August. My orthopedic injuries are almost completely healed up and I am up to 89% of my normal weight! I will be updating this page on a regular basis during my treatment to keep everyone up current.