just got home after my 3rd radiation therapy treatment.
after seeing a few doctors and hospitals and being told there is a waiting list (NHS) for treatment, my amazing new doctor finds me the sandford medical center, which is a amazing private cancer treatment center (opened a month ago) the place is stunning, and the staff lovely and YES no wait time! they understood that i NEED to go to Ibiza in october and need my treatment to be over! so they come in on the weekend!! and we started treatment this week all so i will be finished in time to go on vacation! now that is what we have private insurance for!!!
RT is proving to be boring, not horrible, just boring! you lie on a metal bed with your arms above your head and can’t move for 20 mins while breathing into a machine and holding your breath periodically while they give the treatment! (boring!) they did tell me i have amazing lungs!! the breathing is so you inflate your lungs and push your heart out of the way of the radiation. Side effects… there are some, but i won’t know which ones and how badly i will get them yet. they accumulate so will not have any for a few more sessions!
i will let you know when anything changes!!! only a few more weeks and its so nearly over!!
x
06
Sep
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Excellent side effect from my radiation treatment: no underarm hair !
Terrrible side effect: my teeth! It’s super important to get professional dental cleanings 4 x per year. The radiation dries out your mouth and bacteria
take advantage. I had to have like 12 root canals in my few years after radiation. No one warned me way back then.
Love you Beatrice – if anyone can do this – you can! And be beautiful and strong all the way through it! Ben and I send you love…and strength!!!
b! so very happy you are at the end of this. have been following your treatinment and am totally blown away by your strength – and amazed by your sense of humor and positive attitude. continued prayers to you girl – you are a rockstar…..as always……with incredibly cool haircut to go with it. love you girl – send my best to dan and the kiddos. holy shit they are growing like weeds. such beauties.