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In reply to the discussion: Radiation starts today. [View all]

Ms. Toad

(35,815 posts)
10. Halfway through radiation.
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 08:35 PM
Aug 2016

Eight days down - eight to go.

So far - two days of feeling like a truck ran over me. Likely due to packing, moving, & unpacking boxes of books weighing between 50 & 100 lbs, followed by 2 days of cleaning a year's worth of grime from my temporary office and furniture.

Slightly pink skin that comes and goes overnight.

So far, so good!

Here's my (inspired by) Zentangle piece so far:



(The faint marks are where I planned out the last 8 days. The crane at the bottom was colored in on the anniversary of Nagasaki - it was given to me by my radiological oncologist at our first meeting.)

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