Complete!

I know that it has been almost a week since radiation ended, and I have not made a new update.  So sorry. 

On May 5th, I had Jay take the kids to school in the morning, as it was Katie's last day of preschool and I knew I'd cry when I dropped her off.  I love her school, a preschool program run out of Concordia University in River Forest.  Her teachers and fellow classmates are wonderful, and she has such a good time there.  However, with my treatment ending, I couldn't justify her continuing and her session ended on May 5th.  She is very excited though about her new school, Academy of Music and Movement, where she will attend a summer program on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. 

I really wanted to end my radiation on May 5th, as it has a lot of meaning to me.  Jay and I were engaged on May 5th, 2001.  I found it fitting that a journey would end on the anniversary of a milestone beginning.  I had my last treatment, said good bye to my techs and waiting room buddies, and walked to the parking garage.  I turned on the car and the radio came on and I just couldn't believe it, with the kind of timing in a chick flick, Katy Perry's Firework was playing and the line "After the hurricane, comes a rainbow" came blasting through my speakers.  I just started crying.  I felt like it was a sign from God that all was going to be ok.  The crying felt good, a way to release some of the tension of radiation.  Although radiation doesn't necessarily hurt, I always found myself very tense during each treatment.   But then I remembered I had to go back and turn in my parking pass.  crap.  So I pulled myself together and ran my parking pass back into radiation oncology.

I then continued on to my next task of the day, which is another post for another day....