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two weeks of radiation down! four and a half weeks to go!!

heidijez
heidijez CSN Member Posts: 441
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
so today was frank sinatra friday in my radiation room! brought one of my favorite cd of his songs - it was hard not to jump off the table and dance!!!

this week i baked an apple pie for my rads team. my signature on my pies is that instead of slits in the crust, i actually make a smiley face. and today was a good day for smiling ; )
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  • missrenee
    missrenee CSN Member Posts: 2,136 Member
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    Good for you Heidi!
    I want a piece of that pie! Pretty soon, you'll be on the other side of rads and moving forward.

    All the best,
    Hugs, Renee
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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 CSN Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #3
    time to listen to music
    Mine seems to short-perhaps i just had different treatments!

    Nice you can bring music along!
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  • Jean T. Szabo
    Jean T. Szabo CSN Member Posts: 193
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    Rads
    Good going!! Is there usually one one or two nurses on the "team" for rads?
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  • heidijez
    heidijez CSN Member Posts: 441
    #5
    Jean T. Szabo said:

    Rads
    Good going!! Is there usually one one or two nurses on the "team" for rads?

    my team is large
    i have 3 to 4 technicians every day, along with two nuclear physicists. once a week, the radiation oncologist is there as well. also, my radiation takes about 35 to 45 minutes, so there is plenty of time to listen to the music!!
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  • weazer
    weazer CSN Member Posts: 440
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    heidijez said:

    my team is large
    i have 3 to 4 technicians every day, along with two nuclear physicists. once a week, the radiation oncologist is there as well. also, my radiation takes about 35 to 45 minutes, so there is plenty of time to listen to the music!!

    Your team is large!
    Mine was only two, and it took more time to take off my cloths a wait for the appt, then the procedure itself.
    Karie
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  • Jean 0609
    Jean 0609 CSN Member Posts: 2,462
    #7
    Hi Heidi,
    Yay! Two weeks down. Hope the other weeks fly by for you. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Jean
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  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 CSN Member Posts: 2,631
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    Heidi
    hoping the rest of your rads are uneventful. After next week you'll be half done. Yah! Boy, I bet they don't apple pies from other patients. They'll be sure to treat you good :-) Your rads take a while and you have a big team. It's nice to know they care.
    {{hugs}} Char
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  • DianeBC
    DianeBC CSN Member Posts: 3,881 Member
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    heidijez said:

    my team is large
    i have 3 to 4 technicians every day, along with two nuclear physicists. once a week, the radiation oncologist is there as well. also, my radiation takes about 35 to 45 minutes, so there is plenty of time to listen to the music!!

    How sweet of you to bake
    How sweet of you to bake your team the pie. 2 weeks done already! Congrats Heidi!

    Why do your treatments take so long? Mine only took a few minutes.


    Hugs, Diane
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  • heidijez
    heidijez CSN Member Posts: 441
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    DianeBC said:

    How sweet of you to bake
    How sweet of you to bake your team the pie. 2 weeks done already! Congrats Heidi!

    Why do your treatments take so long? Mine only took a few minutes.


    Hugs, Diane

    nothing about my cancer has been normal
    first of all, i have inflammatory breast cancer - very rare and very aggressive. secondly, i turned out to be a chemo failure - after 18 weeks of chemo, my cancer had spread. had another 12 weeks of chemo before mastectomy.

    now with radiation, there is concern about damaging my heart. thus my very long radiation treatments - radiation is only sent during a certain part of my breathing to protect lungs and heart. my rads onc said my radiation plan was the most intricate plan she had ever had to put together.

    and i love to bake - so i plan to bring a treat for my team at the end of every week ;)
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  • smalldoggroomer
    smalldoggroomer CSN Member Posts: 1,184
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    Glad everything is going
    Glad everything is going good for you. I thought Rads was only a few minutes, Wow you have to lay there 35 or 40 minutes?? I am suppose to start mine this month. I hope mine are shorter. Good luck with the rest of your treatments Take care Kay
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  • Megan M
    Megan M CSN Member Posts: 3,000
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    heidijez said:

    nothing about my cancer has been normal
    first of all, i have inflammatory breast cancer - very rare and very aggressive. secondly, i turned out to be a chemo failure - after 18 weeks of chemo, my cancer had spread. had another 12 weeks of chemo before mastectomy.

    now with radiation, there is concern about damaging my heart. thus my very long radiation treatments - radiation is only sent during a certain part of my breathing to protect lungs and heart. my rads onc said my radiation plan was the most intricate plan she had ever had to put together.

    and i love to bake - so i plan to bring a treat for my team at the end of every week ;)

    Congrats on the 2 week mark!
    Congrats on the 2 week mark! Praying the rest of them go fast, fast, fast for you!

    Hugs, Megan
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  • DebbyM
    DebbyM CSN Member Posts: 3,289 Member
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    Jean 0609 said:

    Hi Heidi,
    Yay! Two weeks down. Hope the other weeks fly by for you. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Jean

    2 weeks down! I hope that
    2 weeks down! I hope that seemed fast for you! Good luck with the rest of your rads!


    Hugs, Debby
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