Chemo Treatment 8 of 8

Done. Finishing the last chemo treatment has come with a sense of accomplishment and relief. The anxiety has slowly slipped away. When I talked to my oncologist on Thursday about my anxiety, she reminded me that I’d still be taking plenty of preventative drugs. I’ll still be going to the Cancer Centre every 3 weeks for Herceptin infusions until July 2007 and I’ll probably be on Tamoxifen, an oral hormone, for 5 years.

Next week starts the beginning of a new phase of treatment, radiation. On Tuesday I will be going to a Radiation Treatment Planning session. At the appointment they will be tattooing me so that the machine (http://www.lrcc.on.ca/general/tour-radtreatment.xml)can be lined up correctly and quickly each time I go for treatment. I’m not sure when my first radiation appointment will be but the oncologist said the treatments usually start after the chemo is out of my system, so around 3 or 4 weeks from now. I’m sure I’ll have more details to report next week.

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