My Journey

Well after 5 long weeks I have finally finished radiation.It was a process you become quite familiar with being there 5 days a week. All the ladies there were so nice it made the experience tolerable.I finished Oct 14 and they warned me my skin would...

It was six weeks yesterday since surgery and though it's been a long haul, recovery is going well. There were a few bumpy weeks immediately following, but that's behind me now and all in all, I feel pretty good and "things" are looking good ;)
Next up is radiation. I'm off to get my tattoos, which mark where the radiation beams enter. We'll do a dry run next Thursday and then start the Tuesday after Labor Day....

This is auntie here (writing for Melissa) with a little update.
Just about 24 hours post surgery, which went as scheduled bright and early Tuesday morning. I'm told it was five hours and went very well. Not that I remember any of it.
First few hours of recovery were rough! But with a steady stream of meds, I got through it. They had me up and on my feet to use the bathroom, which was no fun at all. But the nurses kept saying I'd be surprised at how quickly I'd start to feel better...

When I first started chemo, it was hard to picture the day that it would be over. Fifteen weeks, which actually turned out to be nineteen weeks,  seemed like such a long haul – a distant future full of uncertainty. But now looking back, it actually seems...