Thursday, September 20, 2012

Treatments are OVER?!

Yes, you read that right!

It's been a long journey that started almost a year ago. But there WAS a light at the end of the tunnel, and I am now basking in it.

My last radiation treatment was last Tuesday. Thank you LORD! Radiation did not treat me well. So many people talk about how it's so easy compare to chemotherapy, and just feels like a bad sunburn. I learned the hard way that these people were very very lucky. I, as it seems happens quite often, was not so lucky lol.

Let me start by saying that I did and do have full faith in my radiation oncologist and his whole team. They were AMAZING! I want to take them all to Disneyland! As soon as I win the lotto =)

Now, I must tell you, that by that last day, I hated them! Don't misunderstand, I gave them nothing but love, but I truly felt tortured and ready to quit! I suffered 3rd degree burns to my chest wall and underarm.  My skin was black... and in the worst spots, white O.O yes, apparently white is worse then black. I could go into why these burns happened, but I'll spare you, unless of course you need to know because you are about to receive radiation, in which case, I will edit this and include the reasoning.

For radiation you go in daily, and you get to know the techs really well.  I had a team of three guys who did my daily radiation, and they were so sweet to me. I has read on other blogs that you should take leg warmers for your arms, because you get cold as you hold them above your head the whole time during treatment. Nope, didn't need them, the techs, EVERYDAY, put warm blankets around my arms, and over my bald head. As well as the normal spots on the legs, and wrapped around my feet. I couldn't have asked for a gentler, kind group.

I rewarded them with lunch on my last day =)

What's next? I can keep healing until Oct. 4th. That's when I have my next surgery. This one is to remove my uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes. The reason for this is because with my BRCA1 gene and TNBC, I was told my chances of ovarian cancer by mid 40's is about 50 percent.

So take the last of my lady parts! I'm a survivor and I got this!