Finish Line

  

I crossed another finish line on Friday when I finished radiation treatment, but it was not without drama. Let me take you back to my first week in radiation. There was a woman finishing her treatments ahead of me and she was so excited as it was her last treatment and then the technicians come out and say the machine is down and she has to come back on Monday. I said to myself, that would suck to be so excited and then to have to wait a whole weekend. So I kept this in the back of my mind and when everyone around me was getting excited, I just said it ain't over until it is over and wasn't I a smarty in doing so cause there I sat on Friday when the technician came out and said the machine was down. I just laughed and said, "of course it is". However, they were able to squeeze me in at another office an hour later, so I did finish and had the weekend to celebrate! 

Yes, I am still burned, but it is getting better. Every now and then I feel pings of pain and tingling, but nothing horrible. I probably look funny though when I get them cause I make a funny face and grab my boob.

I went to the Lucky Goat soap shop here in town to get little gifts for the technicians. While there I was talking with the owner and master mixer of the soaps, who is a good friend of my friend. She gave me some things to try on the radiation burn. I have been using the goat milk soap daily in the shower and the Mama and baby butter lotion and I gotta say I can feel the difference. My skin feels better and after I put the lotion on I can feel less pain within 10 minutes. Once I am healed better she also gave me some JuJu lotion to help me heal. You all know me, when I find something I like, I tell everyone about it, so get out there and go get some Lucky Goat. Her shop is right behind Doug's Fish Fry. Thanks again Amy for the gift bags & for hooking me up! 

My hair continues to grow pretty steadily, so much so that I had to shave my legs! I looked just like this pin up except I don't need the towel for my hair on the head yet, I had on higher heels, and Matthew McConnaughey was holding my towel. Seriously though, my eyebrows are back and I can see eyelashes. 

I now have more hair on my head than my tanned Dad and about the same as Andy, although my hair is coming in soft and peach fuzzy so it looks like Andy has more hair in this picture. 

here is the cute bald couple now! 

When I got home from radiation on Friday there was this balloon flying in the wind on my front walkway that said, "We Love You" It was a very sweet gesture from my girls to mark the end of radiation. Love it and thanks! Ruby thought it would be a good idea to bring it to the castle and let "cancer" go off of the roof top, so we did.

Here the cancer tried to come back and kick me one more time, but I said no, get out of here and gave it a good punch.

Then off it went, out of my life as quick as it came. Bye Bye Cancer!

So now I have started the Tamoxifen, a daily pill for the next five years, along with my cancer fighting Pro Pack vitamins. Just a spoon full of pills makes the sugar go down.

 My previous three years of cancer free is wiped clean, I start again, aiming for that five year recovery date when I can say I am cancer free. Until then,  I start the post cancer regimen of eating healthy, exercising, getting my rest, going to follow up appointments and living each moment with gratitude & love.

Thank you to all my friends and family for the many cards, gifts, meals, love and support you have given me and my family through all this.(Janet wins the card giving having sent 30 cards since my diagnosis!)

 We could not have gotten through as well as we did without all of you! 

Now stop worrying about me and get on with your lives, I am.