1/2 through radiation, and I'm Knackered,
so here I am on week 3 of 6 of this radiation treatment, and I'm so over it! After my last post on tips and tricks on how to get through and all the updates about my horrible radiation team, like tha...
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Hi @Selkie
Thanks for your inspo response,
Gosh you are amazing with the swimming, that was my biggest thing to get over, was being taken away from the pool.
So I'm totally looking forward to heading back to the pool too. I had spent the few weeks from chemo ending to rad starting back at the pool trying to build up my strength after everything. totally get how you said a few laps and it felt like you were going to die, Me too - haha crazy, prior to surgery I could do about 10 lengths of the 25mt pool - not no more - I was now in the small pool that they teach the kids in and the physio uses for their clients barely able to do 2 lengths but I was seeing improvements.
Guess Ill be back at square one, once I return, but I hope not.
I'm also public - and my rad centre is like a 20 -25 min drive from home, so I'm quite lucky in that respect, thankfully the parking is free too.
Unfortunately my husband is the only one working in the house, so taking time off to drive isn't really an option for us. He was super help over Christmas and new year as that's when I was going through chemo, so he was around to drive me.
It was so bad last Friday, that I drive the car out of the garage put the roller door down, then sat in the car with the engine running, thinking , where am going again?
Then when I got to radiation and into the treatment room, and they asked for my name DOB, it was like i don't know! and this time I did mean it.
Never thought I wouldn't remember my DOB or my full name :neutral:
Oh well
The machine was under a maintenance check this Monday just been, so I have radiation this Saturday, so I'm looking forward to my husband driving me there.
Then I have 2 more weeks to go - I truly can not wait.
I've now learnt its ok to nap, I've been doing a bit of that lately, and I've also learnt that 3 activities in one day is to many.
So I do what I can, when I can. as madding as it is.
I truly look forward to the day I can put this all behind me, and re join the normal world again,
And well done you on Laps for life, that' truly wonderful and amazing
Have a great day, "oh will you look at that, its radiation time again" :neutral:
so I better get going
Thank you for taking the time to respond to me with your radiation and how you coped.
Thanks for your inspo response,
Gosh you are amazing with the swimming, that was my biggest thing to get over, was being taken away from the pool.
So I'm totally looking forward to heading back to the pool too. I had spent the few weeks from chemo ending to rad starting back at the pool trying to build up my strength after everything. totally get how you said a few laps and it felt like you were going to die, Me too - haha crazy, prior to surgery I could do about 10 lengths of the 25mt pool - not no more - I was now in the small pool that they teach the kids in and the physio uses for their clients barely able to do 2 lengths but I was seeing improvements.
Guess Ill be back at square one, once I return, but I hope not.
I'm also public - and my rad centre is like a 20 -25 min drive from home, so I'm quite lucky in that respect, thankfully the parking is free too.
Unfortunately my husband is the only one working in the house, so taking time off to drive isn't really an option for us. He was super help over Christmas and new year as that's when I was going through chemo, so he was around to drive me.
It was so bad last Friday, that I drive the car out of the garage put the roller door down, then sat in the car with the engine running, thinking , where am going again?
Then when I got to radiation and into the treatment room, and they asked for my name DOB, it was like i don't know! and this time I did mean it.
Never thought I wouldn't remember my DOB or my full name :neutral:
Oh well
The machine was under a maintenance check this Monday just been, so I have radiation this Saturday, so I'm looking forward to my husband driving me there.
Then I have 2 more weeks to go - I truly can not wait.
I've now learnt its ok to nap, I've been doing a bit of that lately, and I've also learnt that 3 activities in one day is to many.
So I do what I can, when I can. as madding as it is.
I truly look forward to the day I can put this all behind me, and re join the normal world again,
And well done you on Laps for life, that' truly wonderful and amazing
Have a great day, "oh will you look at that, its radiation time again" :neutral:
so I better get going
Thank you for taking the time to respond to me with your radiation and how you coped.