Hello everyone!!! I have got to be the happiest girl in Ashburn right now. My last radiation treatment is DONE!!! Not almost DONE but 100% COMPLETELY DONE!!! I can't hold back my excitement. I'm so thrilled and I just can't believe that for now my cancer nightmare is over. ABSOLUTELY OVER!!!
I went to my treatment as usual leaving the office at 3:30pm for my 4pm appointment and unfortunately they were a little behind schedule. They had a new patient and from the sounds of it, he was not quiet understanding exactly what was going on. They really had to walk him through the procedure. As he walked into the waiting room I was sitting there in my hospital gown anxiously awaiting my turn. He turned around and said to the therapist Candy, there's a woman in here. Candy had to tell him that he was in the transition room and that the dressing room was where he needed to change. All I kept thinking about was, ok girls, call me back. I'm ready to get this party started.
So they called me back and as they lined me up on the table Darlene said, YEA!!! today is your last day. I know isn't it awesome??? Then Candy said, I have a song for you to listen. It's special for you today. So she started the song and it turns out that she played the graduation song for me. I just laughed and had the biggest smile on my face. Of course I couldn't move but that's cool, I was dancing in my head.
They actually had a few issues with the machine and I thought oh my gosh, I'm going to have to come back tomorrow for my final treatment. But they finally got the machine to work and she restarted my graduation song. The beam sounded longer than usual but I'm sure it wasn't. I was just so anxious. Finally it was over. Candy and Darlene came back in the room. They said CONGRATULATIONS JEN!!! You did it!!! A crazy amount of JOY just took over my body. I'm beaming with delight. They told me to see nurse Francis before I left because she had something for me. And guess what she had??? A graduation photo and a diploma for me. How FUN!!! I was thinking in my head, wow, they didn't do any of this at the end of chemo. (which is a different location, doctor and nurses) I 'm sure they do this for everyone but those 2 pieces of paper just meant so much to me. An entire 8 months of my life was spent fighting cancer and these ladies and Dr. Moulds just made my day today. I have a followup appointment in a month to see how my skin recovers from radiation cause right now I'm glowing like a light bulb and burnt to a crisp. I have an appointment on March 20th with my Oncologist, Dr. Wilkinson and Surgeon, Dr. Purkertt so I guess the followups are now a beginning of a whole new journey.
So now I want to thank my wonderful radiation therapists who took great care of me for the last 31 days. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Heather, Candy, Darlene, Rozelle, and Nurse Francis.
I also want to thank all my wonderful friends and family for your continued support throughout this LONG process. You guys all rock! I know I never could have gotten through this without all of you.
As for my updates, I'll be posting random posts with thoughts and pictures on my blog. I'll still send out an update here and there via e-mail but if you want the most current updated info, check out my blog.
LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!
Jen
Jen
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