(posted on former website 12.6.2015)
Radiation is done! WooooHoooo!!! (insert happy dance, with fist pumps and a huge smile)
After a month of living at Compassion House, in Edmonton, while undergoing radiation treatment, I am now home. Actually, this week I will be temporarily at home. Tomorrow, I go into the city to watch Beatrice, my radiation buddy, who is 84 (or 85), ring the radiation bell to shout that her treatment is done. Then on Wednesday I have another medical appointment/check in, but I will balance that with a massage! And then on Friday, my friend Paula will drive me in for another treatment (some call it 'chemo maintenance'); this is the one (IV Herceptin) that I will get every three weeks, at the Cross Cancer Institute, for a year. Then, phew(!), I will be at home. (and once I am home, and in between resting & recovering, I will share with all of you about Compassion House, the people I met and my journey)
With this shared, I have completed three major treatments; surgery to remove the tumour, and chemotherapy & radiation to ensure the cancer is out of my body. So below is a picture of me ringing the bell at Compassion House. Being a teacher, a bell represents the end and the beginning. So, I rang the bell to state that this leg of my journey is completed, and I am off to begin another.
Thank you for all of your love and support. You have raised me up and given me legs to stand on when I felt so very weak. I am so very grateful for the love that surrounds me. XOXOXO
(Below is a photo of me ringing the bell at Compassion House)
Former Comments:
from Write: It is good to see you have visited you house even for one work. It is really good news that you have three major treatments to remove tumors and i wish you be perfectly healthy soon to enjoy your life
from Med: I have recently found out about your blog and I can say that you are truly an inspiration. Despite of your medical condition, you never gave up and still give your readers hope. You are really amazing and I salute you for being strong and I believe that every woman should be like you. I am wishing you all the happiness and the best in life and I hope that you get better soon. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts and keep posting. God bless!
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