I went through 5 weeks of intense radiation treatment. I started August 19th and my last treatment was Sept. 20th. Radiation wasn't as bad I thought it was going to be ..... UNTILL the end lol. It started off with them tattooing me to plan where the beams would go, it was important to make sure they were consistent everyday. I received treatment everyday Monday -Friday and had to travel to Hamilton for each treatment. The treatment took about 10 min from start to finish. It took longer to drive there and home. I have to thank Dean for driving me to majority of my appointments and my mother for watching Alyssa majority of the time, I don't know what I would do without there help. Every week I'd meet with my radiation oncologist and she kept saying my symptoms would get worse lol. She was right, as it got closer to the end I started to experience more symptoms. My skin between thighs was red and burnt, very painful to walk. Each week got worse and worse. It was a really emotional and tough time but somehow I made it through ..... No idea how but I did!!!
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH 2014 @ 12:56PM: just got home from Physio, going to blog before I begin cleaning the bathroom lol HOW I FEEL: Pretty good; I rocked Physio today. Last night I met the HR ladies from work for dinner at Boston Pizza. It had been quite some time since we all got together, so it was nice to be able to reconnect with everyone and meet some of the new HR members of the team. I can't believe it's been almost 2 years since I've been gone from work .... YES YOU HEARD RIGHT 2 YEARS!!!!! I was expecting to return to work in October/November; however that idea has been kibosh-ed since I have this minor setback with my wound. I likely won't be going back until the New Year now :( I was really looking forward to getting some 'normalcy' back into my life. Especially after meeting with everyone last night, I realized how much I miss work; I never thought I would say I miss it, but I do. It would be different...
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