Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy not too bad - 13 down, 2 to go ~ finish Tuesday. I have a couple of nice red patches now, and I suppose I am a little more tired than usual, but otherwise I'm feeling fine!
I've been doing my phased return to work the last couple of weeks, mornings only: Monday, Wednesday & Friday - which I've really enjoyed, normality at last - it doesn't take long to have a long list of things to do!
And of course the Relay for Life last weekend - despite the awful weather it was AMAZING - survivor lap photos will be posted here soon!
Saw my oncologist this week - she's retiring at the end of the month so will have a locum until the end of the year. It's so hard to get cancer related doctors - whoever they might be- to deal in facts and figures - I guess for 2 reasons - they are just that, facts and figures - no one knows which side of the statistic line you'll end up, and also I guess because there's a sense of the need to stay positive and as worry free as possible for as long as possible. I must admit I was a little surprised that for all the horrors of chemo it's only 25% effective in preventing a recurrence; ditto radiotherapy. As for Herceptin, she told me that it's the most important part of my treatment as I am HER2+ (and that means it is very aggressive - she admitted that too). HER2+ is not good news in terms of recurrence, and without Herceptin my prognosis would be very poor indeed, very! But at least I know now what I am dealing with, kind of! They want to wait for a couple of years for reconstruction so that they can see how things settle - so I need to get planning and goal setting in the meantime. I know I said about an unwillingness to plan, I'm not that comfortable with it - but I can cope with 2 years worth! And they need to be 2 good years - I want to create lots of happy memories and do lots of amazing things with all my friends and family - so come on guys, get thinking and let's get planning. You only live once!!! Love you x