Tattoo?

1. July 2009 by Lindy.

Our heartfelt condolences go the Wolters and Grassmid family.  Delia Wolters put up a strong and brave fight with cancer.  She went to her heavenly home last night.   Please pray that peace, rest and understanding will find Clarence, Steve and Marian Grassmid’s family and all of Delia’s loved ones.   We were so sad to hear the news.  We were seeing Delia quite a bit at the Cancer and Hematology center and she looked so strong.  I was hoping we would see her smiling face at church again.  She was such a wonderful and kind person.  She will be missed. 

________________________________________________________

I saw Dr. Edlund today.  He’s the radiation oncologist.  I like him.  He was good.  I’m going to have six weeks of radiation everyday (M-F) after surgery. 

Did you know I get tattooed for this?  I had no idea.  They’re just tiny little dots that look like freckles, but I did not know that!  The dots are to help them align lasers on the machine.  I took pride in not having a tattoo.  Now I think I should get a tattoo.  One that I choose.  One that I want.  This goes back to the control thing….. can you tell?

Since radiation is happening after surgery, I won’t have it for a few more months.  It’s good to know what the plan is. 

Chemo went well today.  They got my port on the first try.  They had difficulty because they couldn’t get blood flow so they had to “draino” the port.  The draino made it work right away so they could proceed with the meds. 

Now it’s the calm before the storm.  I’m waiting for the nausea to hit.  I feel okay at the moment.  I’m taking it five minutes at a time tonight.  Right now I’m good.  Five minutes from now, who knows.

One more round to go!

Posted in Uncategorized | 42 Comments »