Feeling the Burn

Well I am at the half way mark on the radiation treatments.  That's 3.5 weeks down and 3.5 more to go!  While I am still tired all the time it is not nearly as bad as it was during chemo.  I am also starting to see the radiation burn on the right side of my chest, neck and under my arm.  I am putting lotion on 3-4 times a day to help with that.  The doc says the skin looks really good for this point in the treatment.  I had seen some really nasty pictures of breasts after radiation so this was a big concern for me.  Everything was looking so good since the surgery, I want to to do all I can to keep things looking good.

Best I could get...

In other news, I have been trying to get out  little more now that I am feeling better and the weather is getting nicer.  Last week was my birthday.  We went to brunch on Sunday to a restaurant here in Denver that Justin Timberlake is part owner.  Clearly he didn't get the invite to my brunch because he was a no show.  Oh well.  I had french toast and a Bloody Mary!!

Here is another thing no one told me about the chemo.  It really messes with your nails!  Not only are the nails pulling away from the nail bed (ouch), they are yellow & gross.  That is the poison, aka drugs, growing out of my body.  I am not normally one to pay for manis and pedis unless it is a special occasion, but I can't stand to look at them this way.  So pink nails it is!

Yuck!

Double Yuck!

I celebrated the Rockies Opening Day last week.  Boy was it nuts downtown!  But it was fun.  I had a beer but it did not taste very good.  My tastebuds are still not back to normal.  That could take a while from what I have read.  

Sunday I went shopping looking for a dress for an upcoming wedding.  The sales associate was so helpful and patient.  She kept brining me all different things to try.  Dresses I would have never picked myself but it was fun trying them all on.  In addition to a dress for the wedding, I got one for a fashion show I am going to in Vegas in July!

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I also went back to the gym tonight. While I am not cleared to go back to the bootcamp style workouts yet, I tried the 30 min core class tonight.  It was hard and I am beat but it was good to see my gym friends and feel a bit like my "old self".  

I know it will be a while before all this is behind me.  But I want to start to get a little more of my routine back.  Even if just 1 day a week.   And if i am doing more, I will have some things to write about!  I know it was few and far between here for a while but there wasn't much to write about besides not feeling well and sleeping.

Thank you for sticking with me! xoxo