Just another quick post! I'm officially about one week through my radiation treatment and 20% complete. The new two weeks will be full, 5-day weeks. I'm also nervous because it will probably be around the end of this week that my side effects could come to be noticeable and I'm really afraid what those could... Continue Reading →
Radiation Day 2 of 20
Farm festival goat Today went much better than yesterday. No tears and I wasn't nearly as nervous for the whole thing. It was very quick! My parking ticket only had 26 minutes on it. Today we listened to some classic rock, but we only got through about 2 songs before it was done. Tomorrow I... Continue Reading →
Radiation Day 1 of 20
The day finally arrived for my actual radiation treatments to start. To say that I was apprehensive feels like a huge understatement! I left from work to go to my treatment and I was pretty freaking scared. I don't know why radiation is scarier to me than the chemotherapy, but to each his own! I... Continue Reading →
Progress: Day 16.1
Infusion day pic! Very faint eyebrows! Today was my second of thirteen "maintenance" infusions of Herceptin. It was a pretty different experience from my first maintenance dose surprisingly. When I had my first maintenance dose on October 5th, I was only one week out from my chemotherapy. My labs were typical for the week after... Continue Reading →
Progress: Day 15.6 – Radiation Planning
Progress Update My stats just seem to be getting better! I'm really happy and relieved that my sleep is returning to its normal awesomeness. I'm still feeling pretty tired at the end of the day, but that could be normal since I feel like I've been really busy. I haven't had very much time to... Continue Reading →
PROGRESS: Day 14.2 – Fitness Update
Progress since the end of chemo Yesterday marks 2 weeks since my last chemo and I feel like there's been a very rapid improvement in just the last couple of days. I'm think my Herceptin infusion last week caused a bit of an inflammatory response especially since I'm still a bit off from the chemo.... Continue Reading →
PROGRESS: Day 13.5
Me at week 13! I can't wait until I can do my hair! It's been over 2.5 weeks since my last chemo treatment and I'm actually starting to feel that. This past Wednesday I had my first Herceptin-only infusion. Since I have never only received Herceptin I wasn't quite sure how that was going to... Continue Reading →
PROGRESS: Day 12.5
I will probably continue to do these progress updates until I'm done with my "active" treatment. That will be inclusive of radiation, but I will not consider the remainder of my Herceptin infusions and Tamoxifen as part of my active treatment even though it technically is part of it. I've had the same type of... Continue Reading →
Treatment: 12 of 12 – All Done!
How treatment went At therapy and waiting to get my port hooked up It's hard to believe this day has finally arrived! I can now say that I have successfully completed a 12-week program! The day was a bit long, we didn't get out of the unit close to 4 pm. It was mostly owing... Continue Reading →
Treatment: 11 of 12
Treatment day Second to last treatment day photo! Treatment day was exciting! My cubby area was incredibly busy today with a lot of activity. But even more exciting... only one more treatment left! It's hard to believe I'm so close to the end. I'm pretty sure that radiation is going to be pretty challenging, too,... Continue Reading →
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