Lazy Saturday. Slept in a little bit but had to take the dog to the vet. She is not very fond of going. Funny how she only goes there once a year but as soon as we get in the parking lot she starts shaking. She has put on a little bit of weight but she is not over weight. My son just needs to stop giving her so many extra treats. Came home and watched the usual football and dosed on the couch. Had to pick up Nick from school from the Jacksonville trip. We stopped and had lunch. Ended up going to my brother's to hang out and watch the FSU game. I've been a little tired and can fall asleep if I laay on the couch. My eyes just seem to close. I'm still keeping an eye on my chest for swelling. Just when you think it's healing I'm not so sure. Doc will check it Tues and let me know. I just wish it would dry up more. Not to be gross, but it gets gooey and mosit so I have to keep it covered with gauze. Otherwise my shirts get wet and it sticks to me. I am sure eventually it will get better but the in-between stages suck. At least it doesn't hurt as bad as it did before. Oh well, one more day of rest, which I plan to do and enjoy.

Another end to another week. Had a pretty good day but I was tired. Day started off with the boss bringing breakfast. The morning went by slow. I was ready for a nap by 10 or so (as usual lately). Made it to lunch, then the afternoon took forever. By 2 I was ready to fall asleep at my desk. The other attorney got us cookies treats this afternoon. 5:00 finally got here and I came home. I fell asleep on the couch for about an hour. Watched some tv and have been ready to go to bed for the past hour. My son is in Jacksonville watching the Blue Angels show so I have had a quiet night. My arm seems to be doing ok. I'm not sure if the swelling has gone down much but at least the underarm area is starting to heal and has stopped hurting so much. It's more pink than red. I'll stop by the doctor on Tuesday for him to check things and see how it's healing. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Happy Birthday to my brother. He is a young 50 year old today. Now I have 2 brothers that are 1/2 100 in age. And I am not too far behind. It was a good day today. A little longer than usual since I didn't have a radiation appt to go to. I went to lunch with some friends for a change. This morning I got a nice surprise at work I had flowers delivered to me from the shareholders congratulating me on the completion of my treatment. They were very pretty and I was very surprised. Made it thru the day - a little tired getting close to the end of the day. Went to share a birthday dinner with my brother. My son made him brownies, which were de-lish. I am looking forward to Friday and the weekend. As I sit here typing, I find it hard to believe that I am really done with all but one treatment. On Tuesday I think a big weight will be lifted off my shoulders and I will just colapse on the couch from exhaustion and emotion. Anyway, happy birthday bro - and thanks for being there for me and giving me the strength and support I've needed to tackle this. Love you.

Wow. Post number 179 and my last radiation treatment today. I never thought it would get here. I am so glad that is over with. Now it is on to healing. I felt a little better today and I am hoping that another day of antibiotics kicking in will help me feel a bit better. It will be really weird tomorrow at 1:00 not having to leave work to go to an appointment. Gosh, what will I do with a full lunch hour. Maybe read a book or make up time at work. I got a certificate today that is a Certificate of Completion of Radiation Treatment. What an accomplishment. And I am down to just one band on my right arm, 18 on the left. It is really amazing to see how far I have come. It doesn't seem so at the time, you never think you will get to the end and you think it will take forever. Things just become so routine with your schedule that you don't think about it until you are done. What a great day. Maybe I can get a good night sleep tonight knowing I don't have anymore daily treatments. Bring on the weekend.

What a day. Morning went fine. I had training this morning on MS Word, as we are going to be going to using Word instead of Word Perfect. I hate Word, but after training this morning, it at least makes a little more sense. Got back in time to head to treatment. There was no one there but I sure had to wait awhile. Had my second to last treatment then met with the doctor. He said I was healing however I was a little more red then last time and I am a bit swollen, which I knew. H thinks it may be the start of an infection but didn't think it got to that yet. He put me on an antibiotic for 7 days just in case. He wants me to stop by next week for him to take a look to see how it's doing. My regular follow up will be the end of Dec, but I will be going to see him weekly for a few weeks just to keep on top of things. I would hate to think that after all this time and no side effects for all I have been thru, that I would have a problem now. Back at work for a regular day. Had a scout meeting tonight that ran a little long. Other than that -doing ok. I am really hoping that in the next day or so I will be feeling much better and I will be able to notice some healing and changes from the effects of radiation. I really hope this is the worst of things.

Well, let's see. Today we were both running late. First I couldn't get Nick to wake up, and then I had to quickly get a shower and ready for work. He was about 15 minutes late for school and me 10 minutes late for work. Great start for a Monday. I didn't sleep great. Hard time getting comfortable. Tried to catch up on as much work as I could. Left for treatment (thank goodness they didn't call to cancel). Told the tech I expected to finish on Wednesday since it was my last 2 to do. I got in and got out. It was a bit hard today trying to put my arm over my head because the skin has started to get a little tight and it hurt a bit. I got thru it. My arm had not been hurting as much today and I was able to deal with it most of the day. Parts of the entire area itches so it gets a little annoying. My neck is clearing up and starting to fade a bit. Ok, so off to chemo. The waiting room was busy but it was empty in the treatment room. Must have been a day for doctor visits. Well, it really hurt today getting the needle in my port. I think from the effects of radiation, even with the numbing cream I put on. And on top of that - of course we couldn't get the port to work after 15 minutes, so back to the arm. At least there is only left. The rest of things went fine and I was in and out without a problem. Came home and was not as tired as usual but I did just chill and not do too much. And as I get ready for bed, my dog and one of the cats are curled up together in my legs on the couch. They are such great leg warmers. Let's hope for a good night sleep and a quick Tuesday.

It's hard to believe that it is the 1st of November. I feel like I am still back in April at the start of all this. I never thought I would get this far, this quick. Well, I should say what seems like quick. Although to be honest, it didn't feel quick at each phase. To think that after tomorrow I will only have one more chemo treatment and 2 more radiation treatments. If they call to cancel another radiation treatment I will have to protest. I don't want to delay it any more. Get them done and let me move on. Wonder if they'll listen. I got to believe that I had an extra hour of sleep this morning, however dogs don't know anything about what time is on the clock. They just know they have to go out. So once I'm up it's hard to go back to bed and get comfortable - so off to the couch. Had to pick up my son then came home. Tried to take a nap but we had a party to go to. My sister-in-law's mom turns 70 tomorrow so they had quite a big party. Got tired and sore after awhile so had to come home. Other than that, it was a great celebration for a wonderful lady. Happy Birthday Sharon. I hope that next weekend will be a bit more enjoyable and I can find comfort this week with healing. I hope that in 9 days the bands will be gone and I won't have to deal with them again.