Today I had my LAST radiation treatment! The gremlins were at work to make sure I stayed nonattached to this being my last day when they made the radiation machine have a glitch which required a computer restart and delayed my treatment for a while. But the computer came back up and synced properly with … Continue reading Celebration of the end of treatment – and reflection and thanks
Month: April 2012
TWO treatments left . . . and blooming when it’s time
Yes, I only have two radiation treatments left. Two! That's amazing to me. This seven-month journey is almost over. I started the "boost" radiation treatments on Wednesday, and I have two more of those, so on Tuesday, April 24th at around 10 AM, I'll record my last treatment. How good it feels to type that! … Continue reading TWO treatments left . . . and blooming when it’s time
Countdown
I have seven breast cancer treatments left. Seven. Two more radiations of the whole breast area, then five of what the radiation oncologist calls "boost" treatments in which just the tumor site is radiated. After the two more of the general area, I'm hoping that the tape burn wounds will heal. They are healing some … Continue reading Countdown
Going home
I'm aswirl with fullness and memories and emotions and gratitude today. Being back home has been a healing time of friends and family and childhood places and deep familiarity. I'm very tired from activity and interaction. But it's a happy tired, a grateful tired. Today is a slow day before my return to my other … Continue reading Going home
And I did indeed make it
Yes, I did indeed make it to Savannah. Right now I have a cup of coffee at my right hand, and the shadows of leaves dance on me and on the floor as the morning sunlight streams through the windows. Being back on the soil - in this case sandy soil - where my roots … Continue reading And I did indeed make it
Aspiration Savannah
Those of you who know me know that I like words and playing with them. I had an aspiration today. Until I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I'd have thought of an aspiration as a kind of goal, an ambition. When I use that word to describe what I experienced today, it means "the act … Continue reading Aspiration Savannah
A quick update
It's April, the month that Chaucer celebrated and Eliot bemoaned. I'm in Chaucer's camp this particular April because this is the month in which I complete radiation and thus my breast cancer treatments. Though I will be having the seroma (fluid sac) at my node-removal site aspirated (drained) this week because it keeps swelling more … Continue reading A quick update
eddies and currents 