Getting there

Hi

Just painted my nails for the first time since last August!!  I am losing my nails because of the chemo - and it looks like I have fake ones on and they are in need of a fill!! Oh well - they are red and in need of a fill!! lol

Just 9 more radiation treatments - 4 of the same and then 5 of a boost to the scar area - so I am getting there.  Blistering a bit under the arm and pretty red - but not too much discomfort so far.  I am driving myself to treatment every day, so happy I am able to do that.

I am very excited this week because I see fuzz!!!  Yes, fuzz is appearing on my scalp and so I am hoping that my hair has now decided to come back.  I was worried for a while, because there has been nothing for weeks other than the bits that didn`t fall out. Still waiting for my eyebrows to fill in and my eyelashes - they are pretty sparse.  However, I am grateful that they didn`t fall out completely.

It has been a long journey when I think back - I feel like a bear, hibernating for the winter - and now that it is Spring, I am ready to come back to life; however - difficult to wear my clothes because I am unable to wear my bra because the radiated area is tender and the bra just `rubs`and I don`t want to irritate the area more than necessary.  So my clothing doesn`t look right and shopping for clothes is just a waste of time.  Another month or so and I should be close to healed and ready to face the world.

Wish the weather would warm up - can`t wait to sit on the deck and read and enjoy the garden - to be honest I haven`t really been out in the back garden yet - usually I have checked out the `back forty`before now, pulling the dead stuff from last year - energy isn`t quite there yet.

Hope everyone has a great week - can`t believe we are in May tomorrow.

Well - watching Dancing with the Stars, and so ready to sign off.

J