new nutrition guidance and radiation/chemo started

Mark had his first dose with radiation and chemo yesterday (1/11/06).
They had to put him in his custom fitted mask that kept his head in a super still position.
He was lying down and the procedure lasted about 15 minutes.
He said he really didn't feel anything at all and was suprised by it.
He felt fine when he left.
Later that night, he was to take his first dose (150mg) of temodar (chemo)
An hour before he had to take Kytril which is a drug that helps ward off any nausea.
This morning, he said his stomach felt fine, but he did feel different in his head. He wasn't quite sure how to describe the feeling, just that it was different and he didn't feel as good as he thought he did the day before.
He goes in for the next dose of radiation this afternoon and will continue with this schedule (around noon) through next Thursday. Then they will be able to put him on a more friendly schedule of 9am(ish) appointments.

This week we also received our personalized report form Dr. Wallace (nutritionist specializing in brain tumors in UT) It was quite an extensive packet! My mom, Mark and I are going to be digging through it to learn more abouut foods and supplements. So far, it is very similar to the blood type diet and other diet we got from the previous nutritionist; however, it is much more leanient on the types of foods you can have (yea more choices) but it is still mainly a vegetarian diet. They gave us some hints on certain foods/supplements to use during radiation as well. We will be doing all sorts of experiments with how to make mung beans taste good ;)