Tuesday, September 29, 2009

STICK A FORK IN ME -- I'M DONE!!!!!!

O.K., so I'll be done, all done---- with radiation this Thursday October 1st.
I gave the nurse and radiologists a gift of thanks. As well, I gave the doctor some SmokeHouse NUTS with a card that read, "Thank you for a job "Well Done", with the emphasis on "WELL DONE"!!!!!! I'm crispy like bacon. Glen and I sing old songs on the way to radiation like, "I'm Burning, I'm Burning, I'm Burning for YOU....",or Burn Baby Burn---Disco Inferno...Burn Baby Burn, Burn that Mother down." "Something's Burning.... You get the point??!!!! ( 7 wks of radiation in all).
With just two days to go, I've been running into a new patient as she nervously asks me how I'm doing. She is frightened beyond belief with questions like, "So is your skin red? Is it sore, itchy, uncomfortable??? I smile and say, "Oh, it's not that bad".
If I told the poor woman the truth, she'd run out of there like the Road Runner.
I don't see the point in making her fearful of something she has to do and will definitely get through.

More Chemo on Thursday. I continue the Chemo every 3 wks until January. I'm just now starting to feel like a SURVIVOR!!!!

I remain -- Totally Insane!!! CEO Theresa, Tree,SF

P.S. I'm Teaching part-time and loving it. It's like someone plugged me back into life. I love the classroom. Esp. the little ones, sweet and innocent!!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Theresa, I just read your blog and I am so happy that by now, you are done with radiation! You really ARE a survivor. I'm so inspired by you and I'm soooo proud of you! I missed sending you a card on your birthday, but I thought about you a whole lot! Hang in!! You're almost there!

    Love Beth

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