One More Radiation Treatment

I have one more treatment of radiation left. That's tomorrow morning; by 9:00 am I will be finished. YEAH!
I'll have 16 rounds of chemo and 28 rounds of radiation completed. The following week I get my braces off and I start physical therapy as well. Then I'll have reconstructive surgery and hopefully my port out at the same time.
I look back now and have a hard time realizing what all I've been through. I miss my Mom. I wish she was still here to celebrate the end of this process... or almost the end.
My skin is quite burned from the radiation. My collarbone area is really burned. Underneath my arm is also very red. The whole area around my right side is burned. Some parts more so than others.

Radiaton Continues

Continuing with radiation. My last day of Radiation is Wednesday, 8/19/09. It's been going ok. Very tiring. Making my way down to the hospital each morning by 8:40AM. It's like a job; Monday thru Friday.
The last couple of weeks have been filled with some anxiety. I was told 2 weeks ago that when they did the Cat Scan while setting me up for Radiation, the scan found a spot on my liver. The doctor wanted me to get an Ultrasound so they could figure out what the spot was. The thought was that it was just a cyst. However, it could mean that the cancer had spread. I scheduled the Ultrasound and waited for the results. The results came in last week and they were inconclusive. That was very frustrating. The Ultrasound only showed what the Cat Scan showed, that there was a lesion on the liver, but not what that cyst/lesion was. So, the doctor scheduled a Cat Scan with Contrast which would show a definitive answer (hopefully). So, the days just continued with that thought in the back of my mind, wondering if the cancer spread. Did it get past those lymph nodes and spread to another area of my body. It was really impacting my way of thinking. I realize that, now. How I was thinking of the future and how I was making decisions. The waiting was really bothering me though I was trying to act like it wasn't. I had the CT with Contract 2 days ago (Thursday). They called me yesterday afternoon and told me that the spot on my liver was not cancer. What a relief. It was a Liver Hemangioma. They say that this is usually formed prior to birth. [[Liver hemangioma (he-man-jee-O-muh) is a noncancerous (benign) mass that occurs in the liver. A liver hemangioma is made up of a tangle of poorly formed blood vessels. Most cases of liver hemangioma are discovered during a test or procedure for some other condition. Most people who have a liver hemangioma never experience signs and symptoms and never need treatment.]]
So, things are back to good. I know I can beat this. Just 8 more radiation treatments.
Thanks to my wonderful husband yet again, who was so helpful in getting stuff scheduled timely and wanting to be with me at my appointments when I get all my news. Love him :-)