April 2011 Rads

ReadingMama~ the same thing keeps happening to me with the marker right in my clevage...they marked me on Friday but my boosts don't start until next Wed.  They told me to try to keep the sticker over the marker...it came off as I was changing in the dressing room!  My husband had to keep taking the green sharpie to me all weekend.  When I went in today, I asked for a different sticker they had used before that really sticks, and the newer tech slapped it on and had my skin all pinched under it.  By this afternoon I couldn't take the pain of that anymore and took it off, along with a little bit of skin...ouch!  I could hardly stand it when my hubby sharpied me again, and he looked like he was going to cry while doing it!  Can't wait to go back again tomorrow for another sticker...not!  I'm wondering if the square attatchment they put on for you for your boosts is the same thing they put on for me for my one zap they give right on my sternum to get a node there.  I am all red and blistery because they zoom in just a few inches from my skin.  Every place else, under my arm and back are feeling fine, just a little red.  Hope you are feeling better!

Thanks Ritaz.  I feel lucky too with the armpit...my scar from my SNB is turning an even deeper purple and is a little sore, but there's no sign of blisters or anything like that.  I also heard that Curad nonstick pads are good for under the breast...hoping I won't have to worry about that since mine have never been huge, not that they are still perky, but there isn't really any skin to skin going on there!  I guess they had to mark me to be able to figure out what the angles will be for my boosts, but it seems odd that they had to do it almost 2 weeks before I start them and they expect me to keep the markings there.  I have a raw spot right in my cleavage and am dreading them putting a sticker on there today when I go in.  Wow, no one ever told me that having BC would be such a great time! 

Lisa:  Cupcakes sound like a great idea!  I'm sure they loved them.

I went to the RO today and he said that it will get worse before it finally gets better.  There is a delayed reaction with radiation.  Funny, his first reaction when he saw my breast today was,

"Well, we can certainly see that you have been getting your full treatment!"  Yeah, it's pretty obvious.  I guess I am starting to peel in my armpit and the area along my side is just about to.  the boosts start on thursday, but unfortunately, this portion will be halfway into the field.   Hope my skin survives the next two weeks :0

Debbie-Hang in there!  Almost to the finish line!  Just drink more wine to get you through the last leg.  Wine always helps :-)

Hi Ladies,

 Well 2 more full breast and 5 boosts.Got a prescription cream today for my armpit. It is really red and sore.Hopefully it holds out the next two treatments......Seems like alot of us are ending the same time.....wine sounds like a great ideaEnjoy your day!

Ladies...........not sure where i belong.......I started in Ap;ril with Rads, and am running through May.........So far I am at # 17 with #18 tomorrow.......Just starting to get pink............My RO asked today how my breast is feeling.............told her..............I know I have one now, where normally I don't..........Hopefully it goes well, and yes as good as the Aquaphor is, I had the grease.......not because itis greasy,but what it does to your clothes, and nighwear........I am going to go out and buy T-shirts........I'm so pissed because I had at least 20 big T-shirt type tops, and lost weight.........when I moved I said "oh I don't need these anymore, and threw them into a good will bag..................most were perfect.............the stained ones I could have worn and who would know with the mess Aquaphor makes.......oh well someone is wearing them, and it isn't me.  Damn I'm angry at myself, and I never throw anything away that is what is so strange.......but when your moving,it seems like you throw away even good stuff, just to avoid packing it.............dummy me.   but who knew in Dec. 2010, that in Feb. 2011 I would have cancer, and need those damn shirts.

the good5..........I started in April, then moved into May, and will end up finished around early June...........Will be glad when its over (other then starting that stinkin hormone pill), but so far I have been doing ok..........

I have won $40.00 on my scratch off lottery tickets, which covered the cost of $33.00, so I have actually played for free now.................would love to hit the big one, but what the hell, at least I covered my expenses......

RO said I'm doing good, and I do feel fine, not even that tired, unless the worst is yet to come.....My daughter says go to the $ store to buy the t.shirts.

Although she has a 30% off coupon for Kohl's, so I might just go there tomorrow and buy the plain Hanes T.shirts.........they can't be that expensive...............

Ok, off to pick up my grandson, at the school bus.......will check in later with all of you..hugs.

too funny ... after rads today I stopped and bought more wine ... I figured it was better for my liver than pain meds!   As for baking ... does 'break and bake" count?  Those white chocolate macadamia ones are good! (especially with red wine LOL)

duckyb1 - I'm glad to see your posts today. I had been looking for you on the May forum and missing your good humor. Like you, I'm not sure whether I belong in April or May. Finished #16 today and also looking for soft t-shirts to sacrifice to the Aquaphor cause. Hate what it does to the clothes, have to say it's a fast-working moisturizer. 

I thought I was going to have 1 t-shirt to sacrifice, but after last night can't bear to put it back on so will need to lay in a supply. Just hope I don't have to start using it in the daytime.

Last night, the t-shirt was so sticky uncomfortable that half-way through the night I took it off and slept topless on my back. I used a pillow to make a little tent so I didn't get that grease on the sheets.

Glad you're still posting. 

WEll will make a visit to some store tomorrow to buy Hanes T shirts.........thank heavens I'm too old to worry about being "sexy"..............If my husband were alive I'm sure I would drive him wild with my Hanes number every night...............It seems you can't win, the Aloe is so freakin sticky everything clings, and the Aquaphor is so greasy you could actually slide out of bed if you didn't hold on to the mattress when you turn over........

Well no one said it was going to be fun right.........................Here's to Hanes...............

Good one ducky!

ritaz...have you ever seen Splash...a Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah movie in the 80's?  There's a scene where he comes into his office and his secretary, who has been hit by lightening, is wearing her bra over her blouse.  It's really funny. And I tried it regardless of how ridiculousI looked!  Anyway...I think it's more important to laugh over what we are going through than to worry about our fashion!  I support your style choices!

I have been craving meat. like alot. i think it's the protein i'm craving.

Hey to all my friends who missed me...........wow its nice to know people care..........well I was in D.C. from Friday 13th till Sunday 15th.........My grandaughter graduated from CAtholic University of America......she got her degree in Nursing....will be working at Childrens Hospital in Philly.

We had a ball..her 2 brothers flew in from Chicago, and 1/2 of my kids went, and 9 of my 18 grandchildren were there...........Boy did I need all that fun.........we went to a Piano Bar on Saturday night, and we danced, sang, drank, ate, and me and my grandsons even got on the stage and sang "Friend In Low Places" with the Piano players.....Honestly I hated to see it end.........when it was over, my 2 grandsons went back to Chicago, the rest of us went back to Philly (area), and my sweet little graduate grandaughter got on a plane for Las Vegas with some of her classmates for a last hurrah before going out into the real world.

Was so glad I could make it.......I'm on Rad # 19 tomorrow out of 33, and so far it has actually been smooth sailing.........not even pink............I'm sure that is not going to stay that way, but at least for now I can relax and hope it does,  hahahaha......funny me................

I am swollen on my right boob.......I thinik I'm a 40 FF on the right,.............and my 40 D on the left.

I have won a few more scratch offs...........actually I covered my cost........It was $33.00 to purchase the tickets, and I have won $40.00 and still have a lot to scratch........It is fun anticipating what is next..........Right now I am 8 wins, and 9 losses......not to bad.

thegood5.........my grandsons go to Franklin and Marshall college right in your neck of the woods......I'm there every Saturday during football season....both my grandsons play, they are brothers also..........great players......they both played defense, and next year the coach is changing 1 of them to offense........he is good either spot.

ok ladies, just wanted to let you know I 'm still here.....you all have a great nght.

the good5..................My one grandson is going into this Jr. year, and the other will be a Sopomore...........So I have been going to games for 2 years now..........Actually my son called me last night to tell me the one boy made the Dean's List, and the other had a 3.0 GPA........I have 18 grandchildren, and this is just 2 of them..............Some Saturdays we have as many as 15 people go to the games............I also had a grandson who played for Carnagie Mellon University a few years ago, and we would drive up and back to Pittsburgh every Sa'turday to watch him play........In his Sr. year he quarterbacked them to the Championship........He broke his back in a game, but healed and got back 1 month later to play in the championship game..............Now he lives in Chicago and works for J.P. Morgan Chase..........I go to all my grandchildrens games regardless of what they play.  Some it is softball, some baseball, one golf's, another Soccer, my grandaughter Volleyball, and she also is 2nd in the State in track.

Its fun, and it keeps me busy.............Just hope I can always do it..............have a great night