Glad the hiccups have subsided and yes, I am sure that I don't understand at all about addiction as I have never faced it myself. A lot of patients here had the fentynal patch and then some other pain med for breakthru pain so you may not be done with pills unfortunately. For Bill, the patch was enough.

Keeping hydrated(as well as proper nutrition) is so important right now because your body needs optimal amounts of both to withstand the onslaught of rads/chemo and then to heal.

The reason you feel good after chemo is the steroids (in Bill's case..Dacadron) that they administer as part of your chemo cocktail. That hypes you up for about 24 hours after each treatment. I did not understand that at first...Bill would be raring to work and go go go after the first few treatments. Not so much later in the game when he was so sick. Just so you know....

Wishing you the best,

Deb