Every Day
Finally, I'm in the last phase of this breast cancer saga. I started radiation therapy today. It's seems like forever since that diagnosis back in October....words you don't want to hear. Eight months later, after surgery and chemo therapy I get 33 days worth of radiation.
I guess I was very apprehensive about this but the actual radiation sessions are almost non events. I had two pre-appointments where the radiation therapists do scans, take pictures and mark up the chest (aka boob) area to indicate where the radiation beams should go. So when I look in the mirror I am not a pretty sight. But in a few days they will put on small permanent tatoos and all the magic marker spots will go away. At least that's what they say!
The actual radiation session is just a few minutes. No loud banging like an MRI, no beams flashing, just a few soft buzzes and the machine moves around and buzzes again. I couldn't believe how quick it was. The only downer is that I have to go in every day for 33 days. I just go on weekdays so it works out to about 7 weeks and I'll be done around July 10th.
Hopefully, in that time frame, my hair will start to grow back and the light at the end of the tunnel will grow brighter :)