It's the weekend!

Friday

Just having my coffee and preparing for my visit to the hospital - yeah, last one for the week, I get two days off just like everyone else!! (Sat and Sun)!!

As I was lying on the table yesterday listening to the music - yes they play music while you are being tortured - anyway, I was enjoying Johnny Cash - Burning Ring of Fire...... let it burn, burn, burn etc. and I thought how ironic it was that I was being burned with radiation in that very moment - I laughed to myself and when I mentioned it to the technicians they were mortified and thought perhaps that was not an appropriate song to play during this process!!  I told them not to bother changing it - it was my favourite CD (they have a collection of different tunes) - I figured no-one but me would think about that song in that way.  Anyway - thought I would share that little bit of a funny story.  One has to entertain oneself while lying very still for those 10 minutes or so.

Friend picking me up today to take me to my appointment and then we are going shopping.  Should be fun - nice to get out of the house and the sun is shining - bonus.:


Sunday evening

Busy weekend - wedding shower yesterday and spent the day with my daughter today - so must be feeling better.

I noticed today that the radiated area is now starting to blister up a bit - first time I have looked at it with my glasses on I think - 15 more sessions to go, so imagining the worst - it might look a mess before I am done, however, we shall wait and see.  They told me to do a saline soak - warm washcloth soaked in salted water and laid over the chest - a few times a day.  I shall be lucky to get it done once a day - but will try, if it helps.

Left arm is more swollen than it was - hurts and is heavy - so bothering me quite a bit.  Therapist coming tomorrow for massage and to take the measurements for a compression sleeve - perhaps that will ease things for me.

Hair hasn't started to grow back yet - getting worried - perhaps I am rushing things.  Some of the hair that didn't fall out is growing, but it is quite sparse on the top.  Everyone tells me it will come back, but I think I am getting impatient.

Well - will sign off for now.  Wishing all a great week ahead.

J