Sorry this won't be about what fabo spa treatments are out there. What mud works the best for those wrinkles...what scrub gets rid of cellulite...These will be dealing with what one is going thru during radiation.
My treatments were over 30. 15 minutes Monday thru Friday. Doesn't seem like long but let me tell ya...laying there for that amount of time...you THINK alot about what is going on in your life, around you and in your head (yes, there is activity in there).
My journey on this new adventure first started with a trip to the Radiation Oncologist. This poor guy first got a dose of what I was about when bringing my husband...mom...daughter and friends sometimes along for appointments. Don't think he knew what hit him...we laughed alot...WHICH is a great thing during this time.
My procedure was pretty simple...FIRST...tattoos!!! woo hoo..thinking little hearts...stars...butterflies...NOPE...dots...DOTS...all I got was dots....4 simple dots that the machines would use to line up with.
Next...scans...again lining up various parts of the body to zone in on the area of invasion...NOW...I don't think this many people have seen this much of my lower region since I was pregnant....
Now to start the treatments...you go into a room with this HUGE machine...drop your pants...(the last time someone asked me that I slapped them...or did I marry them?)...lay on the table and hold this donut (a blue ring which helps you keep your arms still).
Then the table is raised up about 6 to 8 ft....I kinda of wanted to hear the opening music to an Elvis concert...(That would have been so cool!!!). Then it starts the machine up....and arms and variety of parts moving around you and you hear the BEEP...that is the radiation being aimed at the parts of invasion.
My radiation techs were WONDERFUL...I even took them in some cheese (hubby works for a cheese company). They said I was a great patient...NO COMPLAINING (hear that mother). Saw my dr once a week.
The first few weeks were fine...didn't have any of the symptoms that everyone talks about...then BAM...diarrhea...HIPS killing me and then hair loss...slight mullet. Then slowly the skin burning. I got advice from everywhere on how to handle all of this. (WHICH I can't thank everyone enough for and if I haven't...THANK YOU!)
The last two weeks were the hardest...by this time my energy level was nowhere to be found and my thought process was terrible (more blond moments then a hairdresser could shake a color wand at). Hurt when the radiation was aimed...like being under a magnifying glass (now I know how those ants feel)
Now here I am almost 3 months out...hips still hurt (seeing dr on that one) and some other slight issues. I get to see doctors every 3 months for awhile...then every six months then every year. For someone who really didn't want drama..to me this is drama.
BUT today I was walking outside and the weather is gorgeous..55 degrees on a crisp fall morning (MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR, why I got married in Oct)....leaves are starting to change and so have I....Remembering past times with my grandparents (who both loved fishing). My grandfather who passed away several years ago loved fishing and for some reason I can remember him one time with weather like this stating "Makes you feel glad to be alive".
Isn't that a wonderful statement!! That it is worth being alive to just take that deep breath in... and enjoy life and what it brings. Take time to really appreciate those around me....reminding them to breath in deep...ENJOY life's treatments!
