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Well, yesterday began very early with a radiology appointment. It was the first of three pre-radiation appointments that I’ll have. They scanned the treatment area to get a 3-D computer model to plan from. They used a sharpie to define the perimeter for treatment. The marks are still on my body covered with tape, so that they’ll be there the next time I go in. At the next two appointments, they’ll check and double check that it’s exactly what they want to do. When they’re sure about the marks, they’ll make them permanent…yes, that’s right…this little goodie-two-shoes is getting tatooed! Three tatoos to be exact. (Boring little black dots, but tatoos none-the-less) They want to do four, but one will be visible right in the middle of my neckline. The vain woman part of me doesn’t want it showing, so they’ll use a sharpie and darken it daily so it’s not there forever.  I just received a call saying that the plans are done and I’ll be going back in on Monday at 12 to do the second appointment and the third will be on Tuesday at 1:30.  It looks like we’ll be starting radiation next Wednesday and go for 32 consecutive weekdays, approximately 6 1/2 weeks.

Also yesterday, I finally got the car washed and the oil changed.  Sounds like a trivial thing to mention, but it’s been needing to be done for a while and feels good to have out of the way!  🙂

After the oil was changed, I had an appointment with the surgeon.  There was some fluid build up that he took out.  It had showed up on the CT scan and was jiggling around.  Not much fluid, but it was a little annoying.  I feel better now.

On the way home from picking up Kai, my oncologist called to say that he’d spoken with the specialist and that radiation and scans every three months were the recommended course of action.  Not too much of a surprise there.  I originally has an appointment scheduled for Monday 4/7, but we canceled that and scheduled one for 3 months from now.  I’ll have bloodwork and a CT scan the week before the appointment.

Oh yeah, last night we went to the LA Galaxy game.  David Beckham, the famous English soccer player, plays for the Galaxy.  It was opening day!  He scored the first goal.  It was so wild and fun.  We were invited by Sol’s friend George whose company has a luxury box.  In our box was a WWE wrestler (6’8″ with HUGE muscles) and a few boxes over from us was Kobe Bryant and his family.   George even saw Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham) in the hall outside our box.  It was pretty cool.  The Galaxy won 2-0.  😉  We’ve been doing a ton of fun things recently, and they’ve been such great distractions for us.  On Thursday next week, we are going to try and go to Disneyland with Sol’s cousin, Gracie.

Anyway, I’m getting ready to go to Women’s Retreat and need to make sure I’m ready to go when the carpool gets here in a few minutes, so for now, adios friends!

Monica  🙂

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