One week to go!!!

Today is my last day of full-area treatments. Starting tomorrow I will have five "boost" treatments, as they call them, which will concentrate only on the specific area where the cancer was found. So my last treatment will officially be one week from today. Dale and I are going to celebrate by going to my last treatment, going out to breakfast, and then getting all our Christmas shopping done. Heh!

Overall the entire experience has been pretty OK. I am a bit relieved to be moving on to the boost treatments as the side effects from treating the entire breast are just now starting to kick in. I mean, I'm sure I could have sucked it up and handled another week, but I'm happy not to have to do that. After today the areas that are the most sensitive will be left alone and will start to heal. Hooray for that.

Not that the side effects have been all that bad. I definitely have not been tired (except for that first week or so of walking - now THAT kicked my ass!) The only real problems I've had have been similar to a sunburn - itching, soreness (but not the same kind of sore that you get with a sunburn - it's kind of difficult to describe), and peeling.

Lord, I am so glad that this is almost over. Can't wait to kick up my heels at Jessica's wedding on 12/27!