Here I am. Sitting with my teeny weeny laptop and gearing up for radiation. My first treatment is in about an hour. It’s late today — just for today. Every other day will be at about 10:00 am.
I was feeling a little nervous about it but then I reminded myself that we are doing this for a good reason. To kill any little fuckers that dare to hang out in there. Any little fuckers that the surgery and the chemo didn’t already kill. So as long as I keep that in mind I will be all right.
I am not wearing a crazy outfit today. But I do have on my Current/Elliott pink cropped leopard-print jeans. And a good deal of eye make-up. And my hot pink lace bra. That oughtta do for my first rads ensemble. I have to take half of it off anyway… so practicality is a slight issue. Just slight though. Maybe one of these days I will play a practical joke on the rads team and put some tassels on my newbs and get on the table like that.
They are English though or at least living in England so they might not know what to make of all that. Although they do seem to do fancy dress (that’s costume for you Americans) at the slightest provocation. Like you might see a whole gaggle of grown men wearing Superman outfits and running a 6K. I am not kidding. My theory is that the English school system causes people to feel repressed and then things sort of boil over occasionally and get out of control once people enter adulthood. But I don’t have any scientific proof of that.
I will let you all know how it goes. I plan to tube it today. I finished the Hunger Games trilogy so I need to bring a new book with me. May delve into Solar by McEwan. Anyone read it yet?
Well I’ll be going now. I need to deal with this onion breath I have going on from the couscous, red onion, cilantro, tomato, olive and feta salad I made for lunch before I leave. Someone outside might light a match and we’d all go up.
Ciao for now.
Hi from a newbie – first chemo last week – getting head shaved this week – all tremendously exciting :o). Love the blog which have only just subscribed to. This is mainly to say good luck – hope the rays work for you and that Solar is an excellent book which had me laughing out loud sometimes which is a rare thing
Hi there. May I ask how you got the blog? I take it you are here in England? Thank you for your wishes I started book today and am into it. First rads went well.
Yes – I’m down in Sussex – Goring-by-sea. Feel free to come and see how the older generation party by the sea (it’s very quiet compared to Brighton where I work) I came across your blog by doing a trawl through google on something or other chemo related and it popped up.
Rads and chemo – you are really throwing everything at this!
I take it you didn’t come to England just so you could check out the NHS. It’s a bit like starting a book in the middle – I need to rewind to find out the start.
I’ll be back…..
Not at all. We moved here for husband’s job and then a few months after we got here I found a lump. We didn’t think I would need rads but they wanted to be sure they got everything bc the tumour was very close to the margins and I had micromets in two nodes. Anyhow it is nice to be in touch and best of luck with your treatment please keep in touch and let me know how you are doing. Feel free to pass blog along to anyone else you think might enjoy it. I really need to figure out how to make it more visible to people doing internet searches but I am not (yet) educated in blogging and search engine optimisation etc. so mostly I think it is passed along via word of mouth. xx
Eh voila Em, 3rd paragraph was what I was thinking last week. I can see you pulling off a stunt like this and making everyone’s day!
Yes you influenced me there I must admit. 🙂
Delighted to see that you are continuing in the path of Zandra Rhodes! We need more colour in the world! Go for it; it suits you!