4 hrs & 3 sticks later...my blood level is at 2.23 (which is good) - they're putting me back on 20mg of Coumadin a day & will check my level again on wednesdayi got fitted with my radiation mask - one of the weirdest experiences ever! it started as a big, wet, warm net that they laid over my head/neck/chest...then it slowly hardened (see pic above - this is my mask lying on the table after it had already been cast on me & hardened)...they took several xrays with me in it, marked it up a bunch & then sent me over 4 another CT scan
they put the mask back on me, & after injecting me with the contrast dye, they ran the CT scan...they'll compare that scan with the 2 PET scans i've already had done (1 in the beginning & 1 halfway thru chemo) - then they'll get everything lined up & ready 4 my first zapping on 4/20...thankfully, they want 2 give me a 2 week break in between my last chemo & my 1st radiation treatment!
i'll receive 3 weeks of radiation therapy - every day, monday thru friday - so 15 treatments all 2gether...it'll probably zap some of my energy, i might start experiencing a sore throat or skin irritation in the area that they're zapping...maybe even some more inflammation in my lungs (since we're targeting my left neck/lung where the tumors were, & i've already been battling some pneumonia/inflammation in my left lung), but since i'm getting a "moderate" amount of radiation, the side effects shouldn't b too bad
here's 2 moving on in2 the next & FINAL chapter of my cancer treatment!
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Just stopping by to say hi! And Happy Easter!
The final stage!!! How exciting, hopefully in a month it will all be over and you can go back to a normal daily routine!!!
I remember when you first told us all about the treatments! I felt like it was going to last forever. Can't believe the chemo is done!! Almost to the end:)
Love that mask. Do you get to keep it? You can have the kids decorate it when you are done with it! So glad it's almost over. At least you can say the worst part of the treatment is over. Radiation should be easier on you. I love Reading all your "pieces of flare" about cancer. I've read them a million times, but I still get a kick out of them. They are so you!
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