Day -6 Killing me softly with radiation

Until I leave the hospital, we will number the days. It is -6 today because the day of the BMT is day 0. Then my new life begins, hopefully. I had radiation at 6 am this morning. It's a long process. They turn me on one side, line me up with the laser grides, take an X ray of my lungs for the placement of the lung blocks, and then start the radiation. Then they turn me over and do that all over again. We were lucky to get a room on 8E pretty quickly this morning and I'm already on the list to get a better room, hopefully tomorrow. I'm not unpacking yet. Jonathan had to leave this afternoon but not before we had one of the best burgers I have had in while. It was not from the hospital. I had radiation again at 1pm. As I waiting for my turn with the machine, I met a nice man who's wife was in there getting radiation on her abdomen. He said that she was having to stay here in the Hope Lodge by herself after tonight and was very nervous about it. I gave her my number and told her I was staying alone too :) I like it that way, really. I don't like to be around people when I'm sick or in pain. Speaking of pain... I'm having some horrible pain caused by parotiditis. It's like the mumps, so my jaws and neck are swelling and hurt pretty bad. So far the little pain pills are not working. I might have to go for something else. I would say I have not been in this much pain since the last week in Oct, first week in Nov. when the "shit hit the fan". I'm also having some bone and muscle pain in my hands and arms which makes it difficult to type or do anything else I want to do. But, I'm doing it anyway, because if I don't, I will still hurt and might lose it. Not sure what "it" is at the moment. I'm holding on the the next verse cause it's only the first day, wait, it's -6.

1 Peter 5:10

 ¹⁰ And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.