Light At The End Of The Tunnel - Friday, January 22, 2010

Today’s radiation appointment was a banner one. This marked my twenty-fifth treatment. The significance of this is that the whole area treatments are finished, and beginning next week, only the surgical site will be radiated for eight days. Then the medical protocol will be complete. Both the supervisor and the technician assured me that I was now permitted to remove the three oval plastic stickers that have been stuck to my skin for the past five and a half weeks. (They served as markers for the laser beams.) I am also allowed to wash off all the purple "dot-dash" marks on my skin. I waited until I entered the dressing room and proceeded to rip those stickers off and throw them in the trash can. It made me feel like doing a somersault, although I managed to keep my dignity and not do so. I have to say, it was a great feeling. Twenty-five treatments down, eight to go.