Just Be

Now that I have the last week behind me, I'm ready for a bit of r & r! haha! But of course I won't get any.... oh well.  It's funny how the mind and body work together to make you think you're not as busy as you really are.  I'm still recovering from last week's whirlwind as I write this.  I still don't plan things too far ahead these days, and found myself running around all last week trying to prepare for Easter Celebrations X 2, in addition to Kyan's birthday parties...Yes more than 1 of each!  And yes, I do wonder sometimes why I do this to myself, but in the end, I'm so happy that I do!  I enjoy the preparations, and all that comes with.   It was a fantastic weekend, spent surrounded by fabulous friends & family!  And thank you my dear Tara, for helping me with my errands....not too many people would go out and buy panties for someone else's daughter!  (Or maybe just one that drops a kettle ball on her head! ouch!).  Every bit of your help was so appreciated!  You are cherished dearly.

Here I am now, trying to remember the week of radiation that I had....(the whole point of having my friends accompany me).  I enjoyed myself so much outside of radiation, that I have difficulty remembering it.  Thank you so much Mia, Angie, Lisa, Georgia, and Nancy!  I ate well, that's for sure!

I'm often asked how I'm doing with the radiation, if I'm tired yet.  I'm finding that a difficult question to answer since comparatively speaking, it's a breeze to how chemo made me feel.  I feel better than I ever have since chemo started and ended.  If I'm tired from the radiation, I can't yet tell.  Now that I'm emerging from the chemo fog, I'm realizing how much I coped day to day throughout the long winter days.  I'm sure I can still expect the same after radiation is all complete.  That one day I'll look back and be surprised at how I functioned without my normal energy.  Can't wait for that to happen!  But really, I do feel pretty good.  Tired, but I believe that I'm still recovering from the weekend.  I am itchy at the site they are radiating, and it's getting more pink.  Dr. J., the radiation oncologist prescribed some 1% cortisone for that today.  Just 10 more to go though, the end is in sight, I can do this.

In addition to radiation, I had a follow up with Dr. O., and my hemoglobin is normal, my wbc is just slightly lower than normal, (to be expected still following chemo), and my Muga scan showed that my ejection fraction is all good!  So we forge ahead with the hercepton, of which I have a treatment this afternoon, and am leaving, oh, like right now!

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Jill xo