Wow…I have seriously neglected Sunshine & Kittens! It’s hard to find time to update my dear blog now that I’m back to work full time. But before I jump into recent updates, a quick note about the end of chemo.
I got to finally say goodbye to chemo (thanks for all your help, now get out!) on 11/11/11. Happily right on schedule. It was a fantastic day full of hugs from nurses, sparkling cider from the pharmacy who mixed my chemo every week, and best of all, home to a yard and front door decorated with pink flamingos (pink = breast cancer support) from my friends and notes from many of you. Unfortunately there was a tiny grey cloud on the day once Brian and I walked in the door…we discovered our house had been broken into and the thieves had stolen my jewelry. Damn bastards. But I quickly brushed that off and celebrated later that night with champagne and cupcakes with my besties.
Recently things have been wildly busy. I started back to work full time on 11/28. The same day I also started daily radiation. Radiation has been super easy so far. Besides the inconvenience of driving up to Swedish daily, the only other symptom has been a slight tan on my right chest. The radiation machine is a HUGE machine that rotates around me. I get 6 “beams” of radiation (that’s my technical term) ranging from 5 to 15 seconds each. All in all it takes about 20 minutes. I’ll have 34 treatments total and should be done by Jan. 16th.
It’s been wonderful being back with my Starbucks family. I find myself so more calm and less stressed at work. There’s nothing like the big C to put some perspective on stress.
I’ll update again before too long. Next time I’ll include pictures of my hair – it’s actually growing back! Love and hugs to you all.
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