The weekend showed several changes in Joe. His throat is more irritated, sore and burnt. Joe says that it is a huge effort just to swallow his spit or some water(very painful). He has started taking his pain medication regularly again to regulate the pain. He has begun loosing small amounts of hair. The doctor today tried to put a microscope down his nose to look around and Joe was in so much discomfort and pain that they decided to stop. I have no idea what possessed they to try? He says that he can really feel the effects of the radiation now and he has a big dose of Chemo on Wednesday.

He still has a smile on his face though!!!

Love,
Crystal