I hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend. Ours was great, filled with family, food and lots of chocolate- too much chocolate!
So I have now had 6 radiation treatments and 24 left to go. It seems to be going okay right now. All of my treatments are scheduled for the morning which is great because I get to be home to watch the kids play their after school sports- although the weather has been so cold and rainy that I watch from the car! I get to the hospital about 10 minutes before my scheduled appt. Now that I bought a monthly parking pass and I have a permit that allows me to park in reserved oncology spots- parking is a breeze. Good to know that I can claim all my parking fees on taxes- they sure are adding up! I go straight into the radiation department. They have 4 treatment rooms and each treatment room has a very large and extremely impressive radiationn machine. They set me up in the same position everytime- so that takes awhile, but once they have the configurations all correct the radiation only takes about 5 minutes. It is painless, can't really feel anything, just large beeping and noises from the machine moving. If they are not behind then I can be done in about 20 minutes. Thank goodness I live close to the hospital- met some people who come in from Guelph and surrounding areas every day.
I feel okay, there is some tightening in the area that they radiated and it is starting to turn red. This could stay the same or could get worse- time will tell.
I went for a walk today and saw my cancer posse friend Sue who I haven't seen in forever and she looks fantastic. Her hair is grown in and it is so curly! I can't wait. So we got to talking about our recovery and how the side effects continue to affect us. We both have the same achey legs and joints and our oncologists both told us it is from the chemo drugs and can take up to a year to go away. It was good to talk to her! You look great Sue and so glad you are done!!!
Tomorrow I am going out to lunch with 2 very good friends and I am excited!
I got some more news on the Run for the Cure that is taking place in October 2nd. The team is registered and if you are interested in joining you can click on "Team Elena". Remember that if you are in a different area you can run in your own city. I will post what Lynn posted on her wall with info
So I have now had 6 radiation treatments and 24 left to go. It seems to be going okay right now. All of my treatments are scheduled for the morning which is great because I get to be home to watch the kids play their after school sports- although the weather has been so cold and rainy that I watch from the car! I get to the hospital about 10 minutes before my scheduled appt. Now that I bought a monthly parking pass and I have a permit that allows me to park in reserved oncology spots- parking is a breeze. Good to know that I can claim all my parking fees on taxes- they sure are adding up! I go straight into the radiation department. They have 4 treatment rooms and each treatment room has a very large and extremely impressive radiationn machine. They set me up in the same position everytime- so that takes awhile, but once they have the configurations all correct the radiation only takes about 5 minutes. It is painless, can't really feel anything, just large beeping and noises from the machine moving. If they are not behind then I can be done in about 20 minutes. Thank goodness I live close to the hospital- met some people who come in from Guelph and surrounding areas every day.
I feel okay, there is some tightening in the area that they radiated and it is starting to turn red. This could stay the same or could get worse- time will tell.
I went for a walk today and saw my cancer posse friend Sue who I haven't seen in forever and she looks fantastic. Her hair is grown in and it is so curly! I can't wait. So we got to talking about our recovery and how the side effects continue to affect us. We both have the same achey legs and joints and our oncologists both told us it is from the chemo drugs and can take up to a year to go away. It was good to talk to her! You look great Sue and so glad you are done!!!
Tomorrow I am going out to lunch with 2 very good friends and I am excited!
I got some more news on the Run for the Cure that is taking place in October 2nd. The team is registered and if you are interested in joining you can click on "Team Elena". Remember that if you are in a different area you can run in your own city. I will post what Lynn posted on her wall with info
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