Radiation Oncology Plan

Hi all - today (our 5th anniversary) we went for our initial appointment with Dr Prouix and scheduled our start date for imaging to start on 10/12. I have to have 2 sets of 2 appointments prior to the actual radiation so I get a bit more time off from all treatment YEAH :) Side effects are supposed to be minimal with Radiation so hopefully that is the case. I will have to go 5 days a week for 7 weeks for a total of 35 treatments. I should be finished around Thanksgiving now.

I saw the Physician's Assistant in Gastroenterology and was given the "green light" to eat fresh fruit with no skins but not any raw veggies yet. I can have a little salad but not a whole meal's worth. I was so excited that I ate an apple that very day and then Cheryl brought me a whole bag of them to have at camp (thanks Cheryl). I have scheduled a colonoscopy and endoscopy on 10/10. This will give us information about my diverticulitis (like if it was just caused by the chemo) and help us plan for better food choices in the future.

My hair is growing (YIPPEE) but my fingernails are falling off. They are breaking in the center of the nail beds and then peeling off. This is very painful and harder for me than losing my hair as I always kept my nails done so nicely (thank you lisa).

Oh well -- this too shall pass. They are only nails - right?
Hope this finds all of you well. I love you all.
B