Here we go new dr appointment!

Had appointment on Jan 26 yesterday with the radiation doctor Dr. Shide. We talk for a while and then she examined me. Ask me to raise my arms over my head. Raise them as far as I could. She wanted me to start my arm exercise so I can get me arms all the way over my head. Have not been able to do the exercise since Dr. Chow nurse wanted me to wait and see if the fluid pocket would go down. Dr. Shide ask me to call her and see if I can go ahead and start them so by next week I will be ready to go. Well I decided to go ahead and start the exercise on my own. Did them this morning and let me tell you I could feel my skin really pulling. Some part it felt like my skin was fixing to tear. But I can handle the pain not that I like pain just know how to handle it. My fluid pocket still there and big and uncomfortable looks like I have been working out on one side. I just want it to go away.

Go on Feb. 2 back to Dr. Shide and she will do a CT scan to give her a ideal where to mark me with tattoos. I will have three of them on my right side. On my chest and under my arm. I will have a total of 33 days about 6 weeks of radiation Monday Thur Friday. All together it will take about 30 min total. That's getting undress and the beam. The beams will shot on and around the tats. Only side affect by the time am down I will have a really bad sun burn and maybe some fatigue. Not to bad she will give me a prescription for some cream to put on me.

So much to this whole cancer thing. At least I got the big thing over with. Now its just the baby steps but it just seems like a long, long process.

It just seems like some people don't want to be around you is it because they are embarressed for the way you look or they just don't care. Any way I still have a little ways to go!