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Posted 2018-08-20T03:10:58Z

Recovery Update!!!

The first week was rough. I felt (and looked 😳) like a boiled and peeled tomato. I was using so much silvadene that at every prescription refill the pharmacist said it was too soon. But one thing the doc and nurses were right about - once my skin turned the corner, it healed quickly!  [...]

Posted 2018-08-02T00:55:56Z

Radiation Update: FINISHED!

See those unicorn and rainbow cookies?!  Those are to celebrate being finished with radiation treatments! (Thank you Kantrowitz family.)

I wish I felt like a celebration. But I’m told that the effects of radiation are delayed so much that my skin will continue to get worse (and I assume also the fatigue) for another 7-10 days before I turn the corner and start healing. I’m already miserable, so I don’t look forward to what I’ll feel like a week from now.[...]