As of Friday, I have finally officially finished with cancer treatments.
8 rounds of chemo,
2 boobs removed,
33 radiation treatments,
and a partridge in a pear tree.
I am tired and I'm happy it's over. Many people have asked what the next step is, so I figured I would address it here. At the bare minimum, my plastic surgeon wants to wait at least 3 months until I can have surgery to replace the tissue expanders with implants. I also still need to have the expanders filled a few more times before I'm ready for the exchange. We need to wait until my skin heals from radiation before that can happen - I would prefer the redness and peeling to be gone before I start stretching the skin, ya know? I also have to consider Phish. We're going to see their first concert in almost 5 years, and I can't enjoy myself if I'm sore, tired, or writhing in pain with C Dif. I'll be able to get the expanders filled in about a month, but the surgery will have to wait until after Phish.
