This morning we were at the hospital at 8:00AM for the 4th radiation treatment. Afterwards we talked to the on-call doctor about the pain and we filled him in on how Marshall was dealing with the pain (oxycodone, then 2 hours later Tylenol, then 2 hours later oxycodone, etc.).
The doctor told us that the oxycodone we were using was basically Tylenol so we were overdoing the Tylenol. She suggested that we continue the same timing schedule but substitute Ibuprofen for Tylenol. So we've been doing that all day today and he has felt a bit better, although constipation is now setting in because of the oxycodone. He slept most of the day today, which I guess he really needed.
When I went to Walgreens to get the Ibuprofen I also picked up a cane to help him not only walk, but to help him get up easier from a sitting position.
Tomorrow is the last of the radiation treatments and then we finally head home. I don't think we'll be able to take the car home tomorrow (we left it at a friend's house here in Denver) if Marshall is still on the regular oxycodone because it is making him a bit drowsy. But we're coming back on January 3rd for his next PSA test and visit with the oncologist and we can always get it then.
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