I am medium rare

carkris
carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Yay! I finished radiation today 33 treatments, I am pink but did very well. This is wonderful considering I had a tough time with chemo. I am amazed at how strong we all are. You sisiters held me up!!!!! Thank YOU!!!! Penny

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  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #2
    Another Rads Grad!
    Congrats Carkris on finishing rads! Keep using your creams for a few weeks cause you are still "cooking". I am so happy for you!


    Sue :)
  • Cat64
    Cat64 Member Posts: 1,192 Member
    #3
    Penny
    WooHoo!! Congratulations! You've come a long way baby!
    Hugz,
    Cat
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #4
    Whoooooo Hooooo! Fantastic!
    Whoooooo Hooooo! Fantastic! Or being it is rads, should it be Tan-Fast-ic?
    I am so glad you finished with relative ease; you deserved to have a better experience than you did on the chemo part of the ride!

    Enjoy the summer~~~know you will!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
  • Jeanne D
    Jeanne D Member Posts: 1,867
    #5
    chenheart said:

    Whoooooo Hooooo! Fantastic!
    Whoooooo Hooooo! Fantastic! Or being it is rads, should it be Tan-Fast-ic?
    I am so glad you finished with relative ease; you deserved to have a better experience than you did on the chemo part of the ride!

    Enjoy the summer~~~know you will!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥

    ♥ Carkris ♥
    You may be medium rare, but, let me say job WELL DONE! You have had a really tough time Carkris and now can proclaim that you are a GRADUATE of RADS to add to your list of accomplishments! I am just so thrilled for you!

    Have a wonderful weekend enjoying this great news, no, WONDERFUL news!


    Love, Jeanne ♥
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #6
    Carkris, congratulations!!
    Carkris, congratulations!! Welcome to the Rad Grads Club. It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it? Now, go celebrate, you certainly deserve it!! Another milestone in your fight with the beast. I'm pleased to see, YOU won!!
  • greyhoundluvr
    greyhoundluvr Member Posts: 402
    #7
    Penny
    Congratulations - how wonderful to be through with both chemo and radiation. I just found out today that I will be following you with 33 treatments and hope it goes as well as yours did. Enjoy!!

    Chris
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #8
    greyhoundluvr said:

    Penny
    Congratulations - how wonderful to be through with both chemo and radiation. I just found out today that I will be following you with 33 treatments and hope it goes as well as yours did. Enjoy!!

    Chris

    Congratulations Penny! And,
    Congratulations Penny! And, good luck to you Chris with your rads.
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #9
    survivorbc09 said:

    Congratulations Penny! And,
    Congratulations Penny! And, good luck to you Chris with your rads.

    Yahoo for You!!
    How nice to be done!! I'm right behind you -- 10 more to go.

    I'm happy for you,

    Victoria
  • KayNYC
    KayNYC Member Posts: 495 Member
    #10
    Congratulations-Well Done
    I am so happy for you. Go and celebrate your progress, rad grad. I finished 1 of 21 radiation treatments today. Today was a long one. My arm cramped up and my fingers were numb but I made it. Tomorrow I bring my Rod Stewart CD to distract me. Any tips for this freshman of rads?
    All the best and big hugs,
    Kay
  • KayNYC
    KayNYC Member Posts: 495 Member
    #11
    aisling8 said:

    Yahoo for You!!
    How nice to be done!! I'm right behind you -- 10 more to go.

    I'm happy for you,

    Victoria

    Oh what good news only 10 more for you.
    One down and 20 to go... for me.
    Hugs,
    Kay
  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #12
    KayNYC said:

    Congratulations-Well Done
    I am so happy for you. Go and celebrate your progress, rad grad. I finished 1 of 21 radiation treatments today. Today was a long one. My arm cramped up and my fingers were numb but I made it. Tomorrow I bring my Rod Stewart CD to distract me. Any tips for this freshman of rads?
    All the best and big hugs,
    Kay

    Carkris, congratulations on
    Carkris, congratulations on finishing rads! Huge accomplishment!


    ♥ Noel
  • BlownAway60
    BlownAway60 Member Posts: 851
    #13
    So Glad to Hear You are Done with RADS
    I just hope I do as well.

    Sendng lots of really gentle hugs

    Donna
  • Kristin N
    Kristin N Member Posts: 1,968 Member
    #14
    BlownAway60 said:

    So Glad to Hear You are Done with RADS
    I just hope I do as well.

    Sendng lots of really gentle hugs

    Donna

    ☻
    I am yelling congrats to you Carkris! Hope you can hear it! Now, turn over and enjoy your wonderful life!

    ♥ Kristin ♥
  • laurissa
    laurissa Member Posts: 773
    #15
    Hi Penny
    Congratulations. I'm following you-2 more for me.
  • pattimc
    pattimc Member Posts: 431
    #16
    laurissa said:

    Hi Penny
    Congratulations. I'm following you-2 more for me.

    Yay for you!
    Congrats, Carkris for making it through rads! It is not an easy thing and I am so proud of you!

    Enjoy!
  • susie09
    susie09 Member Posts: 2,930
    #17
    pattimc said:

    Yay for you!
    Congrats, Carkris for making it through rads! It is not an easy thing and I am so proud of you!

    Enjoy!

    Hip Hip Hooray! Congrats
    Hip Hip Hooray! Congrats for getting thru rads!
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #18
    susie09 said:

    Hip Hip Hooray! Congrats
    Hip Hip Hooray! Congrats for getting thru rads!

    thank you so much. last year
    thank you so much. last year at his time I was feeling the lump. I had use all my resources
    to get through this and you all were such a huge part. Its amazing how the sisiters pull together when one of them is hurting and needs help. whether physically or mentally. amazing women and men.
    My arm would cramp too, make sure you mention it to the techs. because holding that position can be too hard. My techs were awesome but have never felt that cramping themselves so they needed to be told. They made adjustments. I also went to PT and that helped especially with the neck and shoulder pain from holding that position. it goes by faster than chemo as one week is 5 down. I kept crossing off the list. best wishes for an easy time of it!
  • Mama G
    Mama G Member Posts: 762
    #19
    carkris said:

    thank you so much. last year
    thank you so much. last year at his time I was feeling the lump. I had use all my resources
    to get through this and you all were such a huge part. Its amazing how the sisiters pull together when one of them is hurting and needs help. whether physically or mentally. amazing women and men.
    My arm would cramp too, make sure you mention it to the techs. because holding that position can be too hard. My techs were awesome but have never felt that cramping themselves so they needed to be told. They made adjustments. I also went to PT and that helped especially with the neck and shoulder pain from holding that position. it goes by faster than chemo as one week is 5 down. I kept crossing off the list. best wishes for an easy time of it!

    I'm so happy for you, carkris~
    I'm a week out and really seeing improvement each day. The area that is still very red is the scar area where they did the last 5 treatments. The good news is that I have no feelings there! Ever since the mastectomy it's been numb. Will that ever end?
    What are you holding in that picture?
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #20
    Mama G said:

    I'm so happy for you, carkris~
    I'm a week out and really seeing improvement each day. The area that is still very red is the scar area where they did the last 5 treatments. The good news is that I have no feelings there! Ever since the mastectomy it's been numb. Will that ever end?
    What are you holding in that picture?

    My other side has sensation
    My other side has sensation but cant remember when it came back. I am holding the list of my rads appts that I crossed off every day. It symbolizes all treatment done, which is technically not true as I have tamoxifen, and a bone drug twice a year, but its good enough for me!!!
  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #21
    MyTurnNow said:

    Carkris, congratulations!!
    Carkris, congratulations!! Welcome to the Rad Grads Club. It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it? Now, go celebrate, you certainly deserve it!! Another milestone in your fight with the beast. I'm pleased to see, YOU won!!

    Congratulations
    Congratulations Carkris!


    Lex♥

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