It's been 10 days since Dan's last radiation treatment and 14 days since his last chemo. He is still sleeping ALOT. For example this morning after his shower he passed out on the bed with one sock on and one sock in hand - he couldn't even finish getting dressed. Then about an hour later he got up and we did a feeding - he fell asleep before we finished. He slept for 5 hours that time. Then he asked me to take him to Lowe's this afternoon and he loaded some bags of grass seed and after we came back home he had to rest again.

Now - I don't mind this and I'm not complaining and I haven't pushed. I am assuming his body needs this much rest to heal. But if this sounds a little excessive please let me know so I can start encouraging him to be awake a little more and to be a little more active.

THANKS!


Michelle, CG to husband (45), DX 2/08 Stage IVa Adenocarcinoma Salivary Gland (T2N2bMO)
Parotidectomy & ND 2/08, Tumor margins not clear, 4 of 30 nodes positve for cancer,
TX IMRT 39x, cisplatin 7x (completed 5/1/08),
PEG (4/22 - 7/9), No port. Currently in remission!