
The radiation treatments are not difficult at the time. The treatment itself is painless and the women who work at the cancer center are, without exception, wonderful. The challenges are the schedule, the fatigue, and the skin changes. ("Skin changes," I've learned, is a euphemism for "Your skin will be burned after ten or fifteen treatments, but we need to keep hitting it with radiation five days a week.")
Through this, though, we have been blessed in many ways. For now I'll give you just two:
- Family, friends, and church family have given us so much support. I don't know how we'd get through this without them.
- I've met some neat people during my time at the cancer center. Because we generally have the same appointment times every day, we tend to see the same patients every day. That allows us to get beyond talking about the weather and share more.
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Good to hear an update, Melissa. Know you're in my prayers. Take care of yourself, and I'm glad to hear you have good support.
ReplyDeletePraying for you! Miss our chats, but know how it goes. Still very grateful for modern medicine even if it is painful and irritating at times :). Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteHi Melisa, I'm happy you posted this. I have been thinking about you a lot lately. Glad to hear how well you are dealing with the nightmare and thankful you have a great support network, grounded in Him, to get you through.
ReplyDeleteContinued blessings :)
have kept you on our prayer list and am glad you have a great support team!
ReplyDeletemy F-I-L is going thru radiation right now too- the fatigue has really gotten him too. hard for someone who has always been on the go.
prayer will get you thru! HUGS
Thanks for posting an update. I'm praying for you.
ReplyDeleteso glad to know that through this, you still have a positive outlook and can share 2 of your blessings with us...
ReplyDeleteYou take care of you now, we will be here when you are ready!
:)
HUGS
Hang in there! Depression seems to creep up on all of us at some time in our life.
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