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RADIATION FINISHED
Hi ladies.
Hope you are all coping today. I finished my last radiation on Friday. This is the end of 12 months of treatment. Why don't I want to celebrate. My family are expecting me to be ...
I remember when I first walked through the radiation centre and feeling a bit confronted by cancer in the name..but feeling a bit sad on the last day. I had a fairly straight forward low key approach : so no contact with bc supports but I did find the pMac crew really lovely and supportive: from the receptionist who would greet me by name and the lovely general nurses etc it was explained to me that you are still radiating two weeks after final treatment so don't expect elation or boundless energy. Soon after diagnosis I started Effexor which is an antidepressant as well as handy for menopause symptoms..so that was good to have on board and then my oncologist suggested waiting a few weeks after last radiation treatment before commencing tamoxafen : let's recover from one treatment before starting a next one and be in the best space possible.
just a little medical humour: went to my oncologist this week and he asked how I am. I said good--for someone who has an oncologist!
Another blessing: my cranky post about bcna asking for donations and using their online support as a illustration--went missing! It gets better, best wishes