Team Jenny!

After 5 rounds of radiation I got to hit the gong to celebrate being done! That was about 2.5 weeks ago. My goodness my radiation team was awesome. Such kind people who met me with a smile each of the 5 mornings I showed up. They brought me a warm blanket and let me listen to whatever I wanted to! My favorite thing I listened to was Beatles radio. Although it was a little hard because I wanted to keep the beat with my hand or foot and I had to hold perfectly still! (Also why does every part of your body itch when you’re told you can’t move?!) They radiated 2 spots with each treatment that took about 15 minutes each. It really wasn’t too bad. The effects were fairly minimal. Mostly I felt sluggish and tired.  Dr Grant, my radiation doctor explained that because my tumors are slow growing (thankfully) that they take longer to shrink or go away because the cells are also dividing slowly. Makes a lot of sense. So that means we won’t scan or check progress for a couple of months because we