Not only is the end of chemo now in sight, but so is the next stage. I have a date to start my Radiotherapy. I don't know all that much about it or what I am getting because up till now I have been concentrating on getting through the chemo first.
What I do know is that I am due to go for a 2 hour planning session on June 20th where they will "size me up" and give me my dot tattoos which will be used to line up the machine for the X-rays to be given in the correct place each time. I will then start my first session on the 9th July. I will need to go for 10min of Zapping every weekday (I have weekends off) for 4 weeks. I am not looking forward to this as I have an hours drive there and back in order to do this each day.
So at least now I can have some idea of how my summer will pan out. So I expect to be finishing the Radiotherapy mid-August I guess. (I've then just got 2-5 years of hormone therapy and I will be done!). So I am going to have the biggest end of treatment party in September because if getting through 6 months of chemo and 1 month of Radio isn't going to be something to celebrate, then I don't know what is.
Me, then....
On 7th November 06 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I have set up this site for my friends and family to see how I am getting along with all this surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy stuff.
....and now
...and 7 years on
one happy family of 4 (Daddy is taking the picture)
Burnt-to-a-Crisp Scale
I couldn't go cold turkey from my graphs, so I've devised one to accompany the radiotherapy and record how the "sunburn" goes. The cooking continues for 10-14 days afterwards so I've made the graph nice and long
Poo-o-Meter
Now lets try Taxol..... yellow and black indicates toxic drug days
Pants-o-Gram
So here's how I am feeling on taxotere.
Cack-o-Graph
I have decided to keep a record of how I am feeling over the EC chemo cycles. My score of 10 is the same as my pre-chemo normal energy Dawn day, spot the scientist :)
Not that I am counting, but...
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Photo Gallery
say hello to my cat Hixxy
and Sy.
and the hubby!
This was me pre-diagnosis on my wedding day.
2 comments:
Well done Dawn. All our love Chris & Angie
Bring on the party, can't wait! Another excuse to drink more bubbly, you're going to be a right lush by the end of all this ;-) Seriously though it's so good that the end's in sight, what a relief to have come through it all. If you can deal with all of this you can deal with anything now! Love Jo xx
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