Tag: radiation
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Radiation Sessions: Getting the Authorities Involved
Radiation sessions for this crazy party are officially complete. I like to think they made an example out of this group—showing the others that we’re not putting up with any nonsense. In case you missed: I think of every lesion and tumor as a party. The party in my hip got a bit out of…
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No going topless for a year!
My skin seems to be holding up so Monday will be my very last radiation treatment. It also will be the very end of the treatment trilogy. (Chemo, surgery, radiation). Monday I start on my 10-year stint of meds. whoo hoo. I’m excited. But the radiation nurse gave me this information hand-out of how to…
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Because I’m Fabulous!
I met with my Medical Oncologist today. I’m going to start on Aromasin (Exemestane) on Monday. I take the Lupron shots every 6 months. This shot shuts my ovaries down so I don’t produce any estrogen. The adrenal glands still produce hormones so the Aromasin will stop this production of estrogen. This should ensure that…
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The Hair – The Journey.
1/31/17 – 8 months since Chemo. Finally got it colored today! No cut though…. 2/28/17. 9 months since Chemo. Hair looks darker than it really is here. Bad lighting! 3/30/17 10 months since Chemo. And 1 year since I got my head shaved! Still haven’t gotten it trimmed or anything…just…
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Bring it.
After 28 full radiation sessions which consisted of the lymph nodes and the entire left chest area, the last 5 are right to the scar and that’s it. So there is a new cut out and new positions for this. The cut out is the shape of my scar and they put it down real…
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The Home Stretch
Tomorrow is the last full dose of radiation treatment. It’s the last one to my lymph nodes. The remaining 5 are boosts to the tumor site. I’ve been very emotional the last week over all this. I mean I’m ecstatic that I’m down to the end. I’m excited about rebuilding myself both physically and mentally.…
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Radiation Explained.
I was going to start out with “I had radiation today” but then was like…duh, you have radiation every day! I was thinking about how they do it and started to freak out about frying my lungs and heart and stuff. Now I know they went over everything with me but they didn’t have pictures.…
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ZAPPED!!!!
Welcome to the last phase of treatment!! Yes I will be starting an additional anti hormone drug in November. But this will be the last treatment I have to physically go in and have something done to me over time. And to commemorate this I will be parking in front of the “Fire tree” in…
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Scan Day!
Yesterday I got all the calls for the round of procedures today. I was okay until I got off the phone with the CT scan nurse. Then I was looking at my calendar to make sure I had all my times right. And it started to hit me. What if the scan doesn’t come back…
