Radiation Plan

Zoom! That’s how last week felt. We’ve had a lot going on. I started the week with a Bone Density test on Monday and my Radiation Oncologist appointment on Tuesday. Wednesday sent us on an afternoon road trip with my parents to funeral visitation for my aunt. She went home the first of the week. Friday, Ken had to have a steroid injection in his eye (ouch!) and we spent the weekend recovering from that. Yesterday we regrouped and prepared for this week. This morning Ken left before 7 am to pick our son up from college, and this afternoon I have the first of three appointments to prepare me for radiation treatments. Whew! I am tired just writing all of this.

As a result, I’m just now getting to update the blog. As I said, I am starting the radiation phase of my fight. I will have three appointments to get everything ready and tested before I begin the actual treatments. These will take about two weeks to complete. I will also see my surgeon one more time during this time to get the final approval that I am healed enough to begin radiation. The good news is I can receive 16 treatments instead of the usual 33. This will cut the time to complete this in half.

I have to confess that I have gotten a little anxious now that it is here. I guess I’ve just ignored it until now. I know this will be fine, but the unknown always gives me pause. I keep reminding myself the God knows and has this under control. The two biggest issues with radiation are fatigue and skin irritation. So my prayer requests relate to those. Pray that God will give me supernatural strength to get through this and that the skin irritation will be manageable and I won’t be too whiny. I suspect as I get tired, I will have to be even more diligent in choosing joy each day. I have been known to throw some amazing pity parties. I want to avoid those this time.

Again thank you for your support. God has given me many people to support me and lift me up. You are a reminder that I am loved and valued. We all are!

Choose Joy!