My radiation treatments makes some sort of sense, the chemo…?

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This photo was just a week ago and you can see the redness start to really develop around my upper chest area because of the radiation. Today was my 7th radiation out from the 33 total, I am almost home free, hooray! 
   
 
Today is definitely not looking as good. It looks horrible but I find this easier to deal with then the chemo. Chemo makes me so tired and ill, it also messes up with my internal temperature and it is killing my taste buds and tastes all at the same time. I am having a harder time dealing with chemo even if the chemo is only every other week. Crazy isn’t?

I am feeling excited about having a week left of radiation, however,  I still have four chemo treatments left and it seems to be a lot. Maybe I won’t feel like that when it will be the chemo separated away from the radiation and dealing with one torture at a time is easier?

I’m getting there, little be little.

Roller coasters aren’t my favorite

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I dislike roller coasters, not only because I am frightened of heights, the unknown isn’t too enjoyable either. Today I feel as if I am riding an emotional roller coaster and I would like to get off the ride right now. I woke up throughout the night in pain, I took my medicine and the medicine contributes to the emotional ride, however, emotionally there aren’t any highs, only lows and the dips are pretty deep. My eyes are leaking without respite and I hate it. I hope tomorrow will be a better day. 

Tomorrow is day one

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Pictures like this one are giving me the intestinal fortitude to deal with tomorrow. Today, even if on the outside I’m smiling and laughing, on the inside my stomach is clenched in nervous uncertainty because though my time table for tomorrow is certain, I haven’t the slightest idea how my body is going to feel afterwards.

It starts tomorrow morning at 8:45 a.m at the cancer center at Cooley Dickinson, about 3 hours later I go downstairs to the basement to radiation and a half hour later I emerge from radiation, where we could perhaps get a bite to eat and at 3:00 p.m, we go to the psychologist to talk, which is nice, I’m sure I will have things to say and then we go home.

I’ll be going home with a box from chemo which will continue infusing me with chemo medication for 46 hours and on Wednesday I get to be disengaged from the box after my radiation session. From what I have gathered, the chemo won’t be that bad since I will be getting my treatment every two weeks, a week off will give me some time to recover, but radiation five times a week for six solid weeks, that will be the real challenge.

 We are watching the movie “The Martian” with Matt Damon and I thought I had problems lol. But seriously, the movie is wonderfully done and very well acted by Matt Damon, I’m glad we are watching it together. Our daughter is not with us, she is working but she will be with me tomorrow which is what counts.