It's chop time

I woke up to my face looking like the first picture here to the left.  Pretty sad when your only real goal in life is to grow a beard.  It just keeps coming out, more and more at a time so the decision has been made...it's time.  Time to grab the 'ol clippers and see what we could come up with.  The only option was to go friendly mutton chops which I affectionately call the English Sea Captain.  Have not seen my chin very often in the last 15 years, but I guess I will get used to the sight of it at some point.  Hopefully the beard will return, but right now it is time to play with some other styles.  
Radiation today was good.  I was worried when I walked in and they put the mask down over my face and clamped me down that they were going to have to make a new one.  They said they would run the x-rays and see how everything looked.  Everything worked out ok, and I don't think they will need to make me a new mask.  The bite-block I have in my mouth works well to position my lower jaw and so all should be well.  After radiation I met with my radiation oncologist for my weekly visit.  I am down about 6 lbs from the very beginning, so I get the usual talk about keeping my calories up and my hydration good and then I go along my merry way.  Again today my blood pressure was great and I have yet to have a fever through all of this, so I count myself lucky.  
I felt better today than I have in at least a week.  I don't know exactly what it is, but I hope that I can keep this going.  Been taking my anxiety pill every 8 hours, so maybe that has something to do with it, but I ate like crazy all day.  I probably took in about 2 days worth of calories, so tomorrow I might just take the day off.  Still losing my taste gradually, but I still have enough of it to enjoy the things that I am eating.  Definitely a big fan of sauces these days as I like what I eat to have a lot of moisture in it and be relatively soft.  The skin on my neck and parts of my face is starting to show the effects of the radiation.  It is turning red and will continue to get more and more red as the treatments continue.  
That is about it for now, the boys are going to the lake with my parents tomorrow, and then we will meet up with them on Friday when we get up there.  Going to take our old king size bed up to one of the houses there and just do some relaxing at the newly painted townhouse.