I posted the following on Facebook today: I didn’t expect to be spending my 50th birthday in active treatment for breast cancer. Thankfully, I’m halfway done with radiation (having already gone through chemo and surgery). Between this brush with my mortality and having a sister who died just before her 26th birthday, I’m ok with…

While laying (lying?) on the radiation table yesterday, I had a thought. So much technology and hardware are involved with radiation. How often does something not work? Cue a phone call I got just now. Today’s session is cancelled because the machine isn’t working. The session will now be added to the end. Any more…

I now have one week of radiation under my belt! I asked whether there’s a noise during radiation, and was told no. The sessions are so fast! It’s more of a hassle driving to/from the appointment and taking off/putting on my clothes from the waist up. At least the warmer temperatures coming our way will…

My first radiation session was indeed painless and quick. I couldn’t even tell when it was happening. I meant to ask if there’s a noise the machine makes when emitting radiation; I’ll try to remember tomorrow. I’m to moisturize twice a day and forgot that I shouldn’t do it at least two hours beforehand. Thankfully…

As of today, UPMC no longer has a mask mandate. This is both good and bad news for me. It certainly makes lipreading a hell of a lot easier! But I’m still being cautious of COVID and other illnesses because I don’t want anything delaying my treatment. And COVID is still out there; I know…