I have got through the first week of treatment ok, took Friday off work partly due to tiredness and partly not feeling right mentally. Have had to have a few day time sleeps over the weekend, feeling very old. Did manage to see a concert in Melbourne Saturday night, strange night really, have liked this band since I was a teenager so they have become a sort of sound track of our life for me and Selina. I sat there on Saturday night looking out at the crowd of about 60,000 people and couldnt help but think that according to statistics, 40,000 people in this crowd have been affected by cancer in some way, either directly or by friend or family member diagnosed with the disease. Quite a staggering amount if you ask me, it seems as if cancer is the modern day plague. The band we saw just released a new song, which I first heard when I was in hospital, it seemed to fit perfectly with what I was going through and has become a bit of an anthem for me and I frequently listen to it when Im feeling down, a couple of lines from the chorus go like this,
When Life Is A Bitter Pill To Swallow,
You Gotta Hold On To What You believe,
Believe That The Sun Will Shine Tommorrow,
Life has certainly thrown me a bitter pill, but I do believe that tommorrow and the following days will be better and I am lucky to have the people around me that I have.
Radio therapy continues next week and has become a regular part of my trip to work, just like buying the paper really. Because I go so early I am in and out quickly, I also avoid seeing the really old and frail patients and the chemo patients, nothing screams cancer more than seeing a young person with no hair or having their head wrapped in a bandanna. I know I'm a cancer patiant but I dont need to be reminded about it. Enough wranting for today, thanks all, Col'
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