{"id":397,"date":"2023-06-01T12:27:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/?p=397"},"modified":"2023-06-01T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:37:31","slug":"last-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/2023\/06\/01\/last-radiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am done with radiation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radiation isn\u2019t done with me, though. Skin irritation\/redness will peak in the next week or so. I already have an extremely itchy rash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I am (probably) done with all my cancer treatments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully when I meet with Dr. Brufsky on the 22nd, he won\u2019t tell me I have to take a pill or something. He seemed to indicate at the last appointment that I may not need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been a long road from my diagnosis on August 31st. Chemo. Surgery. Radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s not really over. It will never be over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I saw a video yesterday that called cancer a trauma. Your whole life changes in an instant. And scanxiety is real. I will always worry about recurrence. I know Dr. Brufsky said the odds are 10% that it will come back, but he\u2019s also not psychic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really hope this is one and done. One was plenty. I lost almost a year of my life, and will be spending the next year on follow up appointments and waiting for my taste buds and hair to come back. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll feel like it\u2019s truly behind me until those are normal again and when I can stop taking the blood thinner. It will be a new normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for now, I can look back and be proud of myself for getting through one of my greatest fears. I did it! I\u2019m on the other side!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a certificate and rang the bell. I\u2019m going out for dinner with Aaron tonight to celebrate (Doran has Prom).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/radiation_bell.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa holding a certificate, next to a bell\" class=\"wp-image-399\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/radiation_bell.jpg 337w, https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/06\/radiation_bell-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, this won\u2019t be the last you\u2019ll hear of me! In addition to my upcoming appointments, I\u2019ll still have updates, albeit not as regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuck cancer! Here\u2019s hoping it&#8217;s fucked well and good!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am done with radiation! Radiation isn\u2019t done with me, though. Skin irritation\/redness will peak in the next week or so. I already have an extremely itchy rash. But I am (probably) done with all my cancer treatments! Hopefully when I meet with Dr. Brufsky on the 22nd, he won\u2019t tell me I have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}