7. weeks 3 and 4 treatment

Week 3 continued where 2 left off, eating becoming quickly very hard, mainly as foods nipping the throat as opposed to swallowing. Chemo went ahead, blood levels were ok, although chemo does make you very tired and definitely a reason why Radiotherapy is allowed to just create damage to neck and throat, as chemo takes away any part of where body would normaly repair the Radiotherapy damage. Taking more Oralmorph as the week goes on, unfortunately made the mistake of not upping my intake of the laxitive drink, as the Oralmorph can give you trouble going to the toilet. So by the Thursday i was struggling big time to do the toilet, to be honest it was one of the worst feelings I've ever had, had several hot baths as well as taking about 6 Laxitive drinks the whole day, eventually by 9pm that night i was able to go the Toilet, what a relief, never plan to repeat that mistake. Friday starting to rely more on feeding tube now for most medicines, have had to get liquid for my diabetes tablets also. Even small pots of custard with cream, i am finding it harder to take as it is nippy on the throat. Week 3 also sleep remained the same getting about 3-4 hrs max at anyone time. Start of week 4 Sat was looking forward to weekend, that was short lived, after taking all my medication, i was sitting relaxing watching TV, when i started to feel my heart start to race, i went and lay down to relax further, again this did not help, even started to watch Still Game, as thought that would take my mind of things, but no, heart continued to race, eventually i called Ambulance, to cut long story short i was admitted into Coronary Care unit, and after days of tests, it was found i had Hypertrophic Cardiomyopothy which is a thickening of the heart muscle, a Genetic issue, which has been highlighted by the Chemo, so Chemo was stopped, and I will be checked every year on my heart. Radiotherapy continued from the Tuesday, all meds and food all through tube also. Got home on the Tuesday night. Week 4 continued with no further issues. Look forward to end of week 4, and hoped the weekend would be more relaxing than the last.  

Pic shows hairline at rear taking a hit with the radiation, other pic showing in A+E as chemo highlighted a genetic heart condition, shows how much cancer treatment can put body under real pressure.