Round 2 - done!

So, I finished this round of radiation on Aug 15th.  I didn't think to update this then, just because it has been soooo easy! (I know, leave it to me to take the easy way out)  The worst is laying in the "right" position for extended periods of time, but I learned a few tricks to make that easier (relax, relax, relax, and bring some tunes) I've gotten some nasty heartburn (which is weird for me) but I have no idea if that is related or not.

Oh well I guess that's all for now.  I have a follow-up appt in a month (just to make sure I  don't have any weird side effects) and scan in about 2 months. guess that's it for now...

schedule change again

Ok... now it is ending Aug 15th. when they made up the schedule last time, they forgot that one of my spots gets 4 zappings instead of 3.

I can hardly believe that it's been a whole year since I was diagnosed.... it has really flown by. But, in other ways, it really feels like a lifetime ago.  So, tomorrow, help me celebrate - wish me a happy cancer-versary!

schedule change

Ok, they are changed my schedule again! Five days a week until Aug 11. ugh. It isn't bad, but an hour or more is a LOOOOONG time to lay absolutely still with your arms up over your head. After about 30 min, my one shoulder just starts to ache, and by the end, my hand was just shaking.

Oh well, what must be done must be done.

Anybody out there in cyber world want to drive me next week to give my sister a break? call or email!

radiation...again...

So, I start this afternoon. I still don't know for sure how many treatments there will be (I think 3 or 6), but everything I've read and heard says this should be way easier than the radiation I had before.  

I just wanted to take a minute to say thanks to you all (and all my family and friends). I shouldn't have been, but I was very surprised this week to have so many people offer to give me rides, or whatever I need over the next week. A friend sent me a video which sums it up nicely.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZE_8pMRH7Y&feature=related

Thanks!!!