Wednesday, April 21, 2010--Start chemo and radiation

Kyle starts radiation and chemo tomorrow. They made a mesh mask last week that goes over Kyle's face to protect him from the radiation and also to secure his head to the table. They preformed a dry run on Monday and today to make sure that everything was lined up perfectly. We don't want to radiate anything that doesn't need to be radiated. The whole proceedure lasts about 10 minutes. He will go every Monday thru Friday for six weeks. The chemo medicine is in the form of an oral pill. He will take an anti-nausea pill at 9:00 p.m. and then two 100 mg Temodar pills at 10:00 p.m. right before he goes to bed. Kyle has always had the gift to be able to sleep anywhere, anytime, and under any circumstance--so let's hope that his luck continues. He will take the Temodar everyday for 42 days. After 42 days he will have a two week break. Then he will double the dose of Tenodar to 400 mg, taking it five days out of every 28 days. This regiment will continue for six months and possibly up to a year. Alot of people continue to use it for maintainence.

After getting over a deep chest last week that literally wiped him out, Kyle went to work on Friday, April 16. He has also worked all of this week so far. It sure helps him to be productive and to challenge his mind.