this pain in my side

i didn't realize it had been so long since i posted something. my radiation actually started last friday, the 13th. I went again on saturday, and now i'll go everyday this week, have saturday and sunday off, then go monday, tuesday, and wednesday. after that, i take a one week break till i see dr. mulvey in idaho falls to see how it went, and probably start some more chemotherapy. the radiation is pretty easy. i just lay on my stomach for about 15 minutes while they move me around and then do their radiation beam stuff. i've been pretty sore and stuff lately, in fact i could barely walk saturday night, my legs were cramping up so bad. they determined it was probably mostly due to dehydration and malnutrition. so i'm correcting that, and feeling better, thought i still wake up pretty sore. sleep is not the greatest, but i get it in throughout the day. i feel tired a lot, but that's not too far from normal. besides being tired, there are not really any other side effects from the radiation. they haven't done my lower rib yet, which they said they would do, but they said that would only take one day of treatment to take care of. so things are going pretty good. initially the radiation causes the shoulder to swell, but there are times when i can tell that it is killing the mass of tumor cells. i just pray that it keeps doing that.