Today has been rough. I was dreading going into the Cancer Care Center due to the radiation irritation that literally began overnight. Yesterday I got home as normal and by evening I realized the burn was starting and by this morning the redness had turned to a hot purple mess about 4 inches long and 2 inches tall. So I get to radiation and most days I wait for my name to be called and its never earlier than my actual time, yet today they were right on top of it! Actually 10 minutes early. WHAT??? The day I dont want to go in. Nevertheless I start the dead man walking trek down the hallway and I can feel the tightness in my throat starting and that all too familiar feeling of crying came over me and I told the nurse I didnt want to do it today, I didnt want to be there and just lie there and let that flipping machine burn me again. She is AWESOME, Elizabeth is her name. She hugged me and said she would evaluate the burn before starting but she thought it was just about time for this to be happening. The burn was looked at and she gave me 2nd degree burn cream and a patch to wear and one to put on later tonite. She said she would help me get through this and if she had to patch me up every day to help me feel comfortable she would do just that. I then saw a great lady there Sue who is so helpful and offered me an arm pillow to ease the pressure and pain when my arm is down. I hugged that baby blue pillow all the way to my car like a 2 year old with her blankie. This burn is the pits!!! and it is in my pit!!! Ugghhh cancer can SUCK IT!
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:00:31 +0000
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