ready for radiation

Well my incisions are much better. My upper arm is still numb and irritated, and there is still swelling under my arm, but it is much better. 

I went in yesterday (Tuesday) for my radiation "simulation" in which they fashion a pillow to your shape, so you will lie on the pillow in the same position every time, and they marked me all up with a sharpie pen, stickers and two tattoo points - all to make sure they position the beams exactly right every time. Also they did a CAT scan of my torso, which they then feed into their computer programs to determine the dose and angles of the beams, to make sure they cover the whole breast, but don't touch anything else but the breast. (Actually the doc told me that it was inevitable that the radiation would wing my lung a tiny bit but it shouldn't have any consequences.) 

It turns out that Dr. Oh is "no longer with them" WAAAH - and Dr. Mehta is the doctor I will be dealing with, at least I guess until they replace Dr. Oh - Dr. Mehta is the Medical Director of Sightline and usually works at the branch in the medical center.

AND they called back today (Wednesday) and they are ready to start the radiation but I need to have x-rays first? don't know what that's about. So I am going in for the x-rays on Friday, and then I start the radiation Monday. I have a standing appointment for 8:30 for the radiation on weekdays now.

With the sharpie pen marks and the stickers, I said, so I guess swimming is not a good idea? they had said showering would be fine, but I should ask the doc about swimming - and then I forgot to ask! I have been riding my bike pretty much daily, and I am starting back up with Jesse this Friday. I rode 35 miles in an organized ride last Saturday (Bulldog Ride for Waller Jr High), and then 25 miles with the Blue Line Bike Lab team on Sunday, combined with bike safety class.

This weekend I'm going to try to ride 50+ miles at the Gator Ride in Baytown, benefiting the YMCA there. 

I am doing the MS150 in April, and I just realized that it will be a the end of my course of radiation, and it is POSSIBLE that I will be too tired by then to do the ride... I hope not! They are saying that you might feel fatigue near the end, and the skin might even be blistered by then... so we shall see! I want to do the ride, especially since I found out that you don't have to go 100 miles he first day anymore - there are 75 mile starts, and 50 mile starts! So that will help a lot, because 100 miles in one day has always been a LONG ride. 75 miles is completely do-able, IMHO.

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if you will watched the news while the Japan was attached by the Tsunami? you will see how the radiation affect them.