My name is Vicky. I live in Colorado. I'm 43 and a divorced mother of two. I'm a medical transcriptionist, and a writer. Less than two weeks ago I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and I don't have a family history of colon cancer. Writing is my way of dealing with and processing what I'm going through. This blog is a way for me to do that for myself, my family, and anyone else who might benefit from it.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

15th DAY OF RADIATION

Wednesday October 15, 2014

Today my radiation doc pointed out I'm just past halfway in my treatment course.  I can't believe it's gone by this fast.

I'm still not seeing much in the way of side effects except for the continued dry mouth, but all I do is down a couple big glasses of water and I'm fine.  I'm not having the dizziness (or the lights) anymore.  I've noticed that my finger tips are very numb to where I can barely feel anything that I touch.  My finger tips feel fat but they look normal, except for some peeling and cracking skin.  But with all the cleaning work I've been doing on the house, I can't blame the skin problem on only the treatment.  One of my radiation techs gave me a bunch of samples of Aquaphor.  It's similar to Vaseline.  My radiation doc says I'm doing very well.  WEIGHT 135

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