Time Flies When You're Having... Um...Cancer Treatments

Today marks 6 weeks that I am done with chemo and 3 out of 7 weeks into radiation. I didn't think radiation would go by quickly because I have to go every day, but it actually has gone by fast. Just like with chemo, I enjoy going for my radiation treatments. I love the nurses and technicians and have become friendly with some of the patients.

 Just so you can get an idea of the process, here is what I go through daily. I change into a gown and lay on the table. It's not like an MRI/Cat Scan, so I am not going in and out of a small tube. I rest my left arm over my head on a pillow thingy so it's comfy. The technicians maneuver my body so the lasers line up with my tattoos. They tape my right knocker down so it doesn't get radiated. The techs leave the room and turn up the music. I then get 3 different, quick scans to make sure I am 100%  aligned. Once I am in position, I get radiated in 3 different spots. The first one is on my left side, where my lymph node was removed. It's 20 seconds. Then, the machine moves over me and goes to about 1 o'clock. It radiates me one time for 20 seconds, then a second time for 10. I think I have 2 zaps in that position because it's aimed at where my tumor was. Then the machine moves over to the right side and zaps the other side of my left blouse clown for 20 seconds. What the doc told me is they do the whole breast to make sure they get all my lymph nodes. It's very fascinating.  I am laying on the table for maybe 10 minutes total, if even that. So far, I don't have any burns. I am a bit red and sore and swollen, but it's not bad.

I am seeing a bit more hair growth all over. I have darker fuzzy patches on my head. Hopefully in the next few weeks, it will look a bit more uniform and just like a normal shaved head and I can stop wearing this wig. The muscle pain and weakness in my legs is going away FINALLY. I am going to start rehab next week to get me back up and running. I am tired from radiation. All of a sudden, I'll just be exhausted and need to take a nap. But all in all, I do feel better than I did even a week ago. It's a slow recovery process, but it's happening.

On a sidenote, today I saw a man walking a dachshund and...wait for it... A PIG. No joke. They were both on leashes just crossing the street. I wanted to take a picture, but there was a car behind me and I couldn't get to my phone. Now I want a pet pig.