What another crazy day! Started in Radiation Oncology at 10AM for another two hours while they scanned my brain and built a mask to keep my head in place so they ONLY radiate the effected area and not fry the rest of my brain. I'm going to try to get a picture of it - I'm thinking Jason and the hockey mask.
Next stop Infusion Therapy (another fancy word for Chemotherapy). Over 5 hours of sitting in a recliner while they pumped toxic chemicals through my veins! So far so good. Both chemo drugs can have alergic reactions so they watch closely to make sure things go well - which it did. First drug they give you is Benydril and something else for alergic reactions. Kind of makes you sleepy for the first hour. They have TV's in the chemo suites so we wathced/listened to the Cubs game which they won! I was finaly finished around 5:30 PM and it was useless to try to make our way home due to the traffic so we stopped at Carmichael's in the West Loop for dinner. I figure if I'm going to vommit anything up it might as well be something worthwhile!
I'd like to thank all my friends who sent me emails filled with kind words and promises of thoughts and prayers. I recieved wishes from all over the world and read most of them during chemo. It kep't me uplifted and strong. Special thanks to Kathy and her boys who made me cards which I kept next to me and focused on the great drawings during the day.
Mark has been great these past few weeks driving me back and forth and sitting for hours waiting for me. He's been a trooper and I worry about how this is affecting him. I want to get our lives back to normal as quickly as possible so we can move forward. I hope he knows how much I love him and appreciate his hugs, thouches and tears.
The hardest part of this whole ordeal has been telling my family and friends. I am so blessed with all of you and know through your strength I will make it through this.
Tomorrow I start my first of 15 radiation treatments. Since I've gone through this before I'm pretty much know what to expect.
Oh - I'm also going bald in the next weeks or so just in time for summer. I hear it's very "in" this season!!!!
On to bed to get ready for another day. Thanks you friends for being there for me. I love you all!!!
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