Today starts my last week of radiation! Yeah! Although it is not nearly as terrible as chemo, I am still happy to be entering the end phase of this process. I have Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to go! Someone I "met" via email gave me a great suggestion to count down the days of radiation: scratch off lottery tickets! I bought one for the remaining days of radiation (11 was left when she gave me this idea) and scratch one off after each treatment. So far, I have "won" two free tickets and $1. Whoot Whoot! Although I like to think I am getting a much bigger payoff than lottery ticket winnings. You can completely tell where my radiation treatment is occurring now. Everything in the 10 inch x 7 inch square area (yes I measured) is bright red and my underarm is peeling and raw. Not pretty. Actually made my mom cry today when she saw it. I actually thought it didn't look too bad, but guess it does if it makes someone cry when they see it.... I still don't have much pain, as I don't have much feeling there. I do have feeling but I draw the parallel to when you go to the dentist and they numb an area and it starts wearing off and you poke yourself and you know you are poking a lot harder than your feeling, yet you can still feel it. That's what my reconstructed area feels like.
Jay and I are meeting for a celebration lunch Tuesday, at Big Bowl. Haven't been there in ages. We actually had our rehearsal dinner there for our wedding, that's how much we used to love it. They better still have crispy lemon chicken! I'm excited for a lunch out.
That's about all that is new here. Hanging in there, happy to see the sunshine, and looking forward to getting some energy back soon.
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