HI tina,
At the very start of my MM journey I was diagnosed with secondary bone cancer, primary unknown… with another 14 months before the correct diagnosis of MM. THE CT Scan carried out at my small, local hospital showed a reasonably large tumour that had crushed a couple of vertebrae and was in imminent danger of cutting into my spinal cord… so I was rushed 75 miles (from CT results to being in bed at Swansea took 4.5 hours) to the nearest clinical hospital. I was assessed, given copious amounts of morphine and the next day (a Saturday) I was given a double dose of RT… by the head of Nuclear Medicine with a full compliment of staff which I was told was a rarity indeed.
Sunday I was left to rest followed by single doses of RT Monday to Friday inclusive. On Friday afternoon I was visited by 2 physiotherapists who bade me to leave my bed and walk. I stared at them with pity bordering on disdain.. I had not walked more than a few pain filled steps with either a Zimmer or a wall for support in over 10 weeks.
But I managed to swing my legs out of the bed and onto the floor and with the aid of a Zimmer I was almost overwhelmed by my ability to walk. Such was the success that by the ti,e Janet and a couple of close friends arrived for visiting time at 3pm I was waiting at the lift… unaided, with the Zimmer hidden around the corner.
Apart from feeling a bit washed out and some shakiness in my legs I had no pain (thank God I remain free from that pain which is/was the worst I have ever known) and no nausea or other side-effect apart from a slight burning sensation at the point of entry at the back but nothing of note.
I wish you the same or even less side-effects.
Dai.
