Getting through radiation......

Hi everyone.  So sorry it has been a while since I have blogged.  I am doing good.  I have had 24 radiation treatments now.  Woo Hoo!!  Nine more to go and I am done with cancer treatment.  Crazy huh!?  I seem to be handling radiation very well.  My skin is a little dark, but it hasn't been sore or red much at all.  I keep waiting for it to hurt and it hasn't yet.  It has got a little itchy, but not to bad.  I will see Dr. Kaplan (my oncologist)  on July 23rd, which is also my last radiation treatment day.  I am sure we will talk about the tamoxifen that I will start taking.  Also about the schedule that I will see him now.  I believe that I will see him every three months for two years.  I will also have CT scans and or a Mammogram every six months for a few years.  I am good with being seen very regular for a long time.  I have also decided to do a clinical study that will start once I am done with radiation.  I will have to fill you all in more about that later. 

My hair is really coming in good.  It still has a ways to go before I am ready to run around without a hat, but it is getting there :)  It started coming in really white :( so I have already dyed it. Haha  It is definitely going to be curly :) I will never complain about my curly hair again ;) once it all comes back.  I can't wait to use a hair tie again.  That will be a while.

Dan and I are really looking forward to getting back to normal.  What ever normal really is...haha

Just going to work and working my normal schedule.  Not going to Seattle for doctors appointments every week. And all the other crazy stuff we have had to do to deal with this crazy cancer.

I have been walking a lot preparing for my 3-day walk that is in September.  It's been a little more difficult since I went back to work to get my miles in.  But I am definitely walking many miles each week.

We have went boating a few weekends at crescent bar.  We just love boating and sunshine.  It took me a few times out in the sun to figure out how I could keep myself covered up and not look like a total dork.  I have to keep my radiated area totally out of the sun.  I have never had to run from the sun so that's been really different.  I've got a cute swimsuit coverup now and I have a few t-shirts that are working well.