This blog is set-up as a diary to my cancer-fighting journey. Diagnosed stage 2 breast cancer in July 2013 when I'm 31. And I'm making every second counts there on... How life takes a second chance and re-looking at the priorities in life...

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Keep Smiling!

That's the wishes coming from my friendly radiologists on my last day of course, on top of "All the best to you!"

Yeah!! I have finally 'graduated' from the 15-day course of radiotherapy.

A little mixed feelings during my journey to the hospital earlier, but now I'm celebrating with a cup of coffee and toasts at its canteen. Good thing I only realised how good the coffee was on my 2nd last day, else it'll be extra pounds to shed again! :)

I was a little teary when hearing the wishes from the radiologists, but as my dear friend suggested, some goodbyes are meant to be good.

I'm thankful for the pretty good experience during the RT and the friendly people that made lying down half-naked everyday easier too. 

And so I will ... keep smiling!

Monday, March 17, 2014

Here's to RT!

2 more days to the end of my radiotherapy. So far it didn't give me much trouble, only darkened skin colour at the treatment / surgery area and slight hardened muscles there as well. It kinda encourages me to keep up with my physio exercises daily — Allow me to find some positiveness in every thing I do :)

I saw the radio-oncologist as well today as part of the weekly check-up. I was happy to hear everything seems fine. I need to see him in mid May. The 3 musketeers (in my own interpretation: my surgeon, oncologist and radio-oncologist) will be seeing me alternately in the coming months and years.

About 9 months of ups and downs, treatments and tests, surgery and therapies so far, I think it's time to move on, like REALLY move on!

The current goal is to prep myself to go back working, to prep the kids that mummy can't be spending so much time at home playing or studying with them while recuperating, so they'd better well discipline themselves! 

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End-note:
Started Tamoxifen for about a week now. Two changes I noticed are:
– slower bowel movement, a little constipation it seems. 
– disturbed sleep at night (waking up to either really slight noise, or that urge to the toilet). This is quite noticeable cos I have been sleeping well and through the nights after I complete my weekly chemotherapy