Meet Radiation Dragon! The close friend of Chemo Dragon! (thanks mom) It was a busy weekend and I'm also now 80% complete with my radiation treatment! Only 4 more sessions left! It's hard to believe how quickly and not quickly this went. The only real noteworthy thing is that I had to go in on... Continue Reading →
The only thing that was really noteworthy was that my 12th radiation treatment fell on the same day as my Herceptin infusion. That made things a bit tricky. I arrived at the hospital close to 8:30 AM and got all hooked up. I had nurse Jeny, who is super nice! She was quick and efficient... Continue Reading →
Well I've officially made it halfway through my treatment! My skin is still doing really well and I don't have any major issues. I still get some tenderness, but it's nothing too horrible. I met with my doctor today and he said that I'm actually doing better than expected. He wouldn't necessarily expect that my... Continue Reading →
Friday was two-ish weeks of radiation and my 9th treatment. Unfortunately, I did not see that other lady again. Luckily for her, she must have had her radiation at her normal time earlier in the day and everything went much more “to plan” than the day I encountered her. Everyone must have been on their... Continue Reading →
Another treatment is in the rearview! Again, it was a fairly straight forward treatment and radiation side effects still seem to be minimal at this point. All good news and good things! When I arrived at treatment, they called me back to get changed and there was another lady who must have finished up her... Continue Reading →
Today marked my seventh treatment. I didn't post yesterday because I was having too much fun and didn't have time! Both of my treatments went as usual except that they were running a little behind yesterday and today. Not sure what was going on (maybe it's all those non-flat back people!), but both yesterday and... Continue Reading →
Total Time of Appointment: 30 minutes I've decided I'm going to track the amount of time from when I enter the parking garage until I pay the parking stub! It's reliable and I won't forget it, because it's all on my parking ticket. Today's treatment held no big surprises, it was just same old, same... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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