Half way through radiation!

I have a total of 33 treatments to do, and I finished the 17th yesterday (Apr 9). Now that I've done 3 weeks worth, the side effects are becoming noticeable. That breast is quite red; looks like a bad sunburn. However, the sunburn line is conveniently below most of my shirt necklines, except for the lowest. Amazing how much cleavage has become fashionable, isn't it? Also amazing how accurate the laser can be.

Worse than just being "colorful," though, is the painful sunburn feeling. It seems strange, but the only place that it is bad is underneath my breast. I can see that it is even darker than the rest of the skin and is very tender to abrasion. However, so far I can't really feel any rubbing when I have a bra on.

I am still taking naps and find that I get tired early if I don't (like about 8:30pm). However, next week I will be in a 40 hr training for Census, so I'll see if I can make it through without crashing. If I do well, I have a chance to be a Crew Leader, which even pays more. However, it would be a 40 hour week, plus the 10 hrs I already work as an admin, with radiation on top. I guess I'll just do what I can and see what happens.

Spring has sprung here in the Grand Valley! My forsythia is a fountain of yellow and I have white and purple hyacinths blooming next to my blue house. Very pretty! The winter of my discomfort is almost over!