On 2/12/2008 I went to my appointment with Dr. Grace and Dr. Mak for the radiation simulation appointment. After everyone brainstormed and looked at many x-ray films taken that day, they decided that they would use "old school" radiation for my treatment. I do not understand it all, but I do know that today, radiation is called SAD and they are going to do SDD or SSD (something like that) with my treatment. In my case, my using the different setup, it changes the radiation field a bit so that my left breast will not receive any radiation and it minimizes lung exposure as compared to the other type of setup. So... everything went well. The side effects are the same and I did not have to get any other tattoos!!!
I returned the next day to finalize the setup and actually received my first radiation treatment on that Thursday, 2/14/2008, Valentine's day. It was over in about 5-10 minutes. I think it takes me longer to change in to the hospital gown than it does to receive my treatment. And...oddly enough, it felt the same and when they take x-rays. I did not feel a thing. I went back on Friday and received my second treatment. It came and went just as easy. YEAH!!! Now I can enjoy my weekend and plan for my next week of treatments. I go to the cancer center everyday at 2:45 pm for my treatments. I am a good patient and apply the sween cream everyday, twice daily, to help prevent redness and skin breakdown. So far, so good.
Thanks again for all of your support. I will continue to keep you posted. I did take some photos of my last chemotherapy treatment back in January. My hair right now is growing back, but I do not have too much more that what you see in the photos below.
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Jennifer,
I am amazed to hear how you are keeping up with work and delivering babies. You have shown alot of us to quit whining when times are tough! (Including myself)
Keep strong and do you ever take a bad picture?????
take care
love
julie salter henley
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