Well, today was another milestone in this process. Pre-op radiation is complete. I no longer have to go to the hospital every day for treatment. In the next few weeks I have some tests and scans here and there and then it's surgery time.
It's a relief on many levels. Physically, at this point, it couldn't have come soon enough. Remember what I said about relishing sitting this month, before surgery? Yeah. Well, this week, not so much. I'm uncomfortable a lot of the time and some of the time it's just downright painful. I am sorry to be graphic, but it is truly a burn. It is kinda like I sat on a small campfire, but had no s'mores to cushion the blow. Or even to eat while my a$$ was getting burned. I have been taking oatmeal baths pretty much every night And Tylenol helps a little. And wine helps the oatmeal bath. I have never been a bath person, but I see that there are enjoyable elements to it. Still, I don't think I'd opt for many future baths just for the fun of it. Unless there is a fantastic jacuzzi tub in my future. Tonight, while I was taking my oatmeal bath, I read something in a book about a guy taking an oatmeal bath. I'm sure there is some deeper meaning behind this coincidence, but I haven't a clue what that is.
Even though my last proton treatment (that's the one that really messes with your skin) was Thursday, I guess this week my symptoms get progressively worse and then the following week it starts to get progressively better.
So, really, until this week this radiation stuff hasn't been such a big pain in the a$$ until it literally became one. I am sorry to make such an obvious joke, but it just heads you off at the pass.
I am happy to be done with this chapter.
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