Deluge 2007 (and zappy) update

[annathepiper]

Made it to and from radiation treatment safely, and with plenty of time to spare even accounting for a) the underpass on the route I usually take being flooded and b) the exits onto 405 in Bothell being closed so I couldn't go that way either. Wound up taking part of the usual route but shooting past the street that leads to the underpass, then circling my way back around on surrounding streets. Took me a little over half an hour all told, for a drive that should usually take only 15 minutes.

And it could have been worse; by the time I left the house, the rain was settling down. There were some hydroplany bits on 522 but nothing serious, and mostly, all the other drivers were being more or less careful. Traffic was very dense on the way back, but agian, no serious issues.

The treatment itself was quick and almost entirely painless. They stuck me under the machine and shot a couple of invisible beams at me, the only evidence of which for me were two tones that sounded about an octave apart and a slight stinging sensation here and there in the affected area. As I was advised by rachelcaine, I did indeed get drawn on. And also taped on, to delineate the target area. Ashley, my radiation tech chick, needed to take pics of that for later reference. Apparently I'm to be given a brief chat about that later this week. My right arm felt a little weak as I headed out to the car, but otherwise I've felt fine ever since and I plan to be working online for a bit longer tonight. Tomorrow I start with the getting up super-early to account for leaving work early enough to make it to 5:30-ish treatment appointments--though tomorrow gets extra bonus points for schedule weirdness, as I also have a thyroid followup. I am Medical Girl.

Also, in honor of Deluge 2007 (a.k.a. 'An Inconvenient Soup', as it was getting referred to on a local talk radio station this afternoon), I now have a wet, distressed Strongbow icon. Because yeah, that's about the feeling of the entire Pacific Northwest region right now.

Comments

[shadowhwk.livejournal.com]

S'bow! <3

[annathepiper]

Indeed. I miss my archer. <3

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things are going well.

[annathepiper]

Thanks! Well, aside from the wet part. And we'll see if this relatively good first day sends the trend for all the rest of the zappings to come. :)

[janne.livejournal.com]

Yay, icon! And fingers crossed for continued non-dramatic zappings.

[annathepiper]

One can never have enough Strongbow.

And tonight's zapping, also drama-free!

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

Non-drama in medical situations these days is a very nice bonus. Here's hoping that trend continues.

And if you need swim fins and a snorkel, let me know! I'll be happy to donate to the cause. (Do they make diving gear for kitties? LOL)

[annathepiper]

It was actually kind of neat, lying there under the sparkly ceiling with a futuristic-looking machine angling over me. It's just vaguely vexing having to rearrange my entire schedule to get over there on time. ;) But here's hoping, indeed, that that'll be the only vexing part!

And har! Yeah, we're still quite soggy in these parts this morning. Our house in particular is literally high and dry as our neighborhood is at the top of a hill, but there are other local neighborhoods that got flooded out.

[bloody-keri.livejournal.com]

I'm just catching up on all this. Wow, I didn't realize you were dealing with that. Okay, so you've had your surgery and are now in radiation, I gather. Chemo too, or just radiation for now?

[annathepiper]

Yeah, this has been the big medical news item for me the last couple of months. Fortunately, as breast cancer situations go, it's the least scary one I could have gotten. I do not actually have to do chemo at all--just the radiation treatments. Seven weeks of that, five nights a week, and then I take Tamoxifen for five years, and that should hopefully be that. :)

[bloody-keri.livejournal.com]

That's good to hear (no chemo). Well bless your heart for going through that - what an ordeal! I'm sure you'll be happy when the radiation's all done. Should be done by the end of the year, right? Then you can start 2008 nice and fresh.

[annathepiper]

I do overlap into 2008, but only through most of January. Conveniently enough, unless a snow day happens or I catch the flu or something, the last scheduled day will fall on my birthday. ^_^

And thanks! The first week is over and done with, and if the rest of it goes as simply, it should be fairly low-key.