Once we got going on the radiation it is not too bad, not great, not anything I would want to do for fun, but not as bad as chemotherapy. I have 4 treatments behind me and only 26 more to go (so after tomorrow I will have one week down and only five more weeks to go.)

The head is starting to have a little stubble. My hands are not as numb as they were from chemotherapy. The feet are still not great but a little better.

At times I get frustrated because my body is not healing as fast as I would like it to. I want to be able to have enough energy to do the things I did before the surgery (which by the way today is my six month anniversary). I thought I did not have enough energy to keep up with Dan before, now I feel like an old woman who need naps every day. I know I need to be patient. It has been a long time and it will still be longer yet. The radiation doctor told me yesterday that the patient puts so much physical and emotional energy into getting through chemotherapy and then when they get to radiation they are emotionally drained. I am feeling that. I am still moving forward and that is the important part.

Love,
Marilee