Back on the table again

The machine is fixed and I'm back to daily radiation again. Monday I also saw the doctor who apparently was not informed of my missing 2 days of radiation. He said it was fine, but the resident, who is a bit less discrete was very unhappy that they were not kept in the loop. She said in my case it was not a problem to miss a couple days (they will of course be added on at the end) but that if someone had a very aggressive cancer it would be a problem so they are supposed to be notified. She also said that they were supposed to notify her and then she would tell the dr.

So my family visited this weekend and we had a really great time together. Z. and J. (my 9 year old nephew) had a great time playing together, they had a restaurant for which they made up menus, drew advertisements etc., they played a lot outside in the snow (using markers to draw on the hard ice covered snow), made music together and generally tore the house apart having lots of fun! Since I didn't have rad on Thursday and Friday my stomach felt pretty good so I was able to eat closer to normal and my energy level was pretty good (I kept up with everyone else and was often the last to bed at night). My BIL's fiance is from Mexico and she made (and taught A. and I how to make) chicken enchiladas which were incredible! We also were celebrating 2 birthdays, my BIL's and my niece, so had a cake Sunday night (I skipped the chocolate cake and stuck with a vanilla cupcake, my stomach can't handle chocolate these days). My niece who is a jr. in high school and looking at colleges was interested in A.'s alma mater so he took her to an open house they had on Saturday. My 18 year old nephew slept all day and was up all night so we didn't see a whole lot of him, but when he was around he and A. spent a lot of time talking politics, he's interested in becoming a political science major.

So, I'm now about halfway through my radiation (today will be 16 out of 31). My back pain is gone (knock on wood everyone please) and I feel a lot better than I expected to at this stage (knock on wood again please). I found out that it will be about 3 months after the radiation is finished before I will have another scan. This is because radiation continues to work for a few months after it's finished. I realized today that this will be a little tough, the treatment will be over so there will only be waiting. Waiting is always the hard part. It's much easier to be up beat and optimistic right now when actively fighting, the time leading up to that first scan will be harder. I'm glad I joined a support group because I think I will need it even more in the next year or so.

Well, off to rad number 16!