After 30 daily (minus weekends) treatments, I have graduated from my radiation therapy! I faired well. My skin held up and I only have one sore spot under my arm. Granted, that spot is a wee bit painful...but overall, I think I did pretty good. I have to thank my Mom for doing a major splurge for me. For someone uber-practical, the purchase of a nearly $400 bottle of "La Mer" concentrate was a stretch! She heard from others who had used it during radiation to treat the skin that it was practically miraculous. I used it daily before bed during treatment. When examined, my nurses and my radiation oncologist declared that my skin did "phenomenal." So, there you go. I'm only bringing this up in case this could help anyone else and to thank my Mom.
While I'm thanking people...look at these great flowers from my husband and kids!
It's great to be done!!! After almost exactly a year of all this, It didn't seem like this day would ever get here. I didn't think it would, but to be honest it hit me emotionally. After my last treatment and on my way to the exam room to see the doctor I got a little teary. My nurse was great, after a hug she handed me a congratulations card from the radiation oncology team and soldiered on through the information I would need next. It felt good to leave the cancer center with the book she gave me..."Life After Cancer Treatment."