Today is Tuesday September 30, 2014. I had my radiation at my normal scheduled time today, 1:45. I like that because I get to leave work early and just go home afterwards. They called me in right as I got there today but my appointment took a little longer than usual because they wanted to do some more x-rays. Tuesdays will be x-ray days.
For some reason they didn't have me positioned exactly correctly and they had to stop the machine and come in and reposition me. A few minutes after starting again, they stopped, came back in, and then repositioned me again. Finally it was correct and the machine went through its rounds and finished with me. But the whole process of x-rays plus all the extra repositionings made it extra long. I didn't get out of there until 2:20. That was a really long time to be laying in that uncomfortable position.
On the drive home my abdomen started really hurting. It was a pain I'd never had before. There was just this generalized ache in my entire abdomen, not like I felt as if I'd be sick but just an icky feeling. All I wanted to do was go home and lie down. But I had to pick up Abby from high school. Then we stopped by home so I could grab the child support check to deposit. We drove to the bank, and I took out my rent payment (hopefully my last rent payment since we will be moving in October!). Then we had to drop off a couple of David's rented college books at the UPS store. Then over to King Soopers to get a few things. Then up to the college to pick up David. Then home. I got dinner into the oven and then noticed I had a message from a pharmacy in Boulder saying that they were working with my insurance to get something approved. I called my oncologist's office to ask if that was about my chemo pills, the Xeloda. I was told that they were having trouble getting my insurance to approve and cover the pills, but that they were working on it. "Don't worry, we'll fix this. They can't deny this, you need it, so we'll get this straightened out. I'll call you in a few days." After that I had to get all the set-up for giving David a hair cut. I've been cutting his hair for years now, saves me a lot of money. And I do a really great job!
By the time I got done with David's head and beard my gut was hurting so badly I could barely walk, but a mom's work is never done. I am always happy to be taking care of my kids. That's what I'm here for. So finally around 5:30 I got to just sit on the couch with a heating pad on my belly.
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