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| Rainy Day at the Conservatory |
24 radiation treatments down, 6 to go!
Overall this hasn't been very difficult. I'm a little tired, and just in the last week the "sunburned" area has gotten sore in places, but I'm doing very well.
That said, I'm really looking forward to being done next Thursday.
The day after I complete radiation I go in for my quarterly MUGA scan, which measures the efficiency of a certain function of my heart. This is required since I'm taking herceptin, a drug which can damage the heart. The scan itself is easy.
And then on Monday the 17th, because apparently I can't stay away from the hospital for a single weekday, I have a herceptin infusion (not difficult but takes awhile) and an appointment with my oncologist, when I assume I'll hear all about tamoxifen, the estrogen-suppressing drug I'll take for at least five years.
Then I'll be back to visiting the hospital just once every three weeks for the herceptin. That will be good!
The Hair Report
I hope to be ready to retire Mavis next month sometime. My hair is growing in nicely, but I'd like to wait until there's a bit more of it before getting it colored and showing my short 'do to the world.
The rest of my hair is back in full swing. My eyelashes, which did not get the memo about falling out until after chemo was done (!), are in the process of coming back in.
The body is amazingly resilient.
And now I'd like to put in a plug for the God of Makeup for making it possible for me to go through this whole ordeal looking pretty damn good.
Fun Stuff Completely Unrelated to Cancer
B. and I mark our 25th anniversary of togetherness tomorrow, and we're celebrating by spending the afternoon after my radiation appointment together downtown, eating dinner at our favorite restaurant, and staying at a downtown hotel for the night. Nice.
I love the Christmas season, and I'm thankful that I'm done with the major treatments before Christmas this year. I'm shopping, we're baking, we're getting our tree next week, we're getting together with people, we've got the holiday playlists going - it's all good.
