Over the last few weeks, I have had various levels of discomfort in my right lower back and to some extent up and down my right side. Sometimes it is a bit like the type of discomfort experienced when there is a small pebble in one’s shoe that can be felt through thick socks.
Sometimes pains shoot out into my right leg or over the larger area of my back.
It is possible that these experiences have affected my sleep slightly but lighter sleeping might also be attributable to the warmer weather.
I have been keeping a record of pain levels in a diary and have generally been marking them as in the range of 1to 2 out of 10 (where 10 is the worst possible pain). After peaking at about 2.5 it has in the last few days been a much more comfortable 1.5. My experience of pain now now is not as nearly as debilitating as when I was first diagnosed, so I am still ahead.
I’ve only taken pain killers two or three times over this period, so things are not too bad. I find that my daily Qigong exercices relieve the discomfort in the morning and that it is also often completely alleviated during mediation sessions, although I am often quite uncomfortable in the early parts of the session.
I note, for example, that I can climb the stairs to my 4th floor flat without any difficulty so the lung tumor does not appear to be impacting my lung capacity to any noticeable extent.
In such a circumstance of discomfort returning, there is a dilemma about when to scan and when to wait. Currently I am inclined toward the watch and wait plan and this will be reviewed when I see my oncologist in a few weeks times unless things get substantially worse in the meantime.
