Day Forty-Three
Today was Ryan's 14th radiation treatment. His incision is redder and more inflamed than before, and he said his head feels like its burning. The Dr said that its normal to feel like an intense sunburn feeling and he recommended Aloe.. which seems to do nothing for the pain. We also went and got him a Medical Marijuana card- studies have shown that cannabis use can help fight cancer cells, help with pain, inflammation, Insomnia, slow the growth of tumors, help with anxiety and depression. We have found that MJ use is the one common denominator between those who last the longest with this condition. So we are going to use all the things available to us. I have cried a lot, I feel tired of crying and have moved to making jokes or deflecting from the heaviness that is all around me. Tonight however we went to see Les Miserable at Hale Center Theater our brother is in it and got us tickets, it was so incredible! I bawled through the whole thing, each song hitting me differently than