Radiation update

Hey everyone – hope all is well.

Jill is now in her 4th week of radiation!  She is to do 5 or 6 total.  I cannot believe it has gone by that fast, but it is so different for me.  For Chemo and surgery, I was part of all of it . . . and it was part of our lives as in on our calendar, etc.  Radiation is something Jill does on her way into work on her own.  

Just in the past few days she is starting to see some of the side effects.  Her skin is getting red at the site.  This is all cumulative and is right on schedule per what the doc said.  It will linger after treatments stop as well.  Though Jill has not said much about fatigue, I think it is building up a bit.  Of course, her ‘everything is totally normal, life goes on’ attitude might be adding to that.  But I would not have it any other way.

After radiation, we will go into a period that will be very odd . . . one where nothing is happening as far as treatment.  Purely recovery.  I think that will be at times a relief and at times stressful as I suspect it will feel like we are not moving forward or fighting this enemy. 

Of course, we have a vacation in August to break that up.  Then school starting.  Then fall.  Then Holidays.