It's been a while...

Once again time has slipped past me, I cannot believe that it's been almost two weeks since my last entry. I do apologize to those of you who do check this on a regular basis, I know it's refreshing to see a new entry every once and a while.

So, radiation has been going pretty smoothly. It's so much easier than chemo. I think all the rain that we've had here in Georgia this past week hasn't helped me any. I was definitely in a funk yesterday, a hormonal roller coaster, all of which I think is normal and certainly deserved. I really just want to be done with all this. I'm over it. I want my hair back, my nails back, to have my entire days without a doctors' appointment or a radiation treatment, to feel like myself again, to just be done. Is that too much to ask? I'm trying to keep things as "normal" as possible around here, but do I really know what normal is anymore? Like my sister said a while back, get used to the "new normal". Hmm, I don't think I like that!

I went back to the gym this week to start lifting weights again. I've never really been in great shape, but oh my, I can tell it's been since March when I last lifted weights. UGH!!! I'll stick with it though and get back in the routine, that's the best thing I can do right now. I am glad I've kept up the walking this whole time, but strength training is so important too. I remember a long time ago, a guy at a gym I belonged to told me, "Muscles have memory"...hopefully mine will cooperate and bounce back in no time! It's ok though, at least I can work out and have the flexibility in my schedule to get back into it. My hope is that by the time the holidays roll around, I'll have hair and can tell I've been working out a few months! We shall see.

The radiation is going very smoothly though. My hats off to the staff, they are some really nice folks at the office where I go and make my treatments worth the trip. At this point, I have had 12 of 33 so I'm just over 1/3 of the way through. My final treatment date is Oct. 19th, believe me, I've marked my calendar! My skin is doing o.k. so far...I have aloe I'm treating it with and am sleeping extra when I can. They do say fatigue is a side effect and I've definitely noticed I can't do as much (which is very frustrating for me)...I'll get through this though so I'll give myself some slack for not getting all the "stuff" done that I should. Oh, to be all done will be a dream!
Well, it's a big football day in our household today, Florida Gators (my school) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (Dave's school)...what can I say? Goooooooo Gatorssssssss!!!!!!