I suffered my first set back since starting treatment on Friday night. I couldn't understand what happened to me. At lunch time, a group of us went out for a good mtn bike ride in the drizzling rain. No issues - felt great, had fun, good ride! At 5pm, I went for my radiation treatment at City of Hope. I felt great going in, not so well coming out.
Friday night, I was having minor difficulty breathing. As I breathed, I had a burnt taste in my mouth. I went to bed intent on skiing on Saturday at Bear Mtn, but after listening to the rain come down since 3am, I decided to take a real "rain" check. Turns out to be a good decision, since it rained throughout the day in Big Bear and my breathing worsened. I had labored breathing all day and couldn't get rid of the burnt taste. Wierd.
Sunday brought much of an improvement and I was able to get out despite the cold weather and threat of more rain. This morning, I shared the situation with my radiation Oncologist. All I can surmise, though no one will confirm, is that my lungs were singed by the radiation on Friday evening. The good news is that today's radiation treatment did not have the same effect, so things have returned to my new normal.
I'll be back on the bike tomorrow and take a little more time on the blog. I do require 8 hours of sleep now versus 6 1/2, but still making it to my desk by 5:30 each morning. Since this journey began just over a month ago, I've constantly reminded myself of a quote from the insightful Robert Schuller, who said "a setback is set up for a great comeback". Very appropriate here.
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