Journal entry by Kristel Running —
I rang the bell!! I’m finally done with radiation treatments. What a long and draining 5 weeks. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to drive me! It was great spending time and chatting with all of you and you made the whole thing less awful. My side effects are getting better now that I’m three days past finishing 25 radiation sessions and while my skin will continue to get red and be tender for the next week or two, it held up fairly well according to the radiation techs and radiation oncologist. I’m looking forward to being less busy and less stressed and back to a somewhat normal schedule. My dr visits will lessen to a couple times a month instead of a couple times a day. I’m looking forward to seeing my children in the evenings after school and I’m hoping to get to see at least one of Alara’s Volleyball games this fall. I have a few more scans and will have follow up visits with my doctors. I’ll occasionally post updates if anything interesting comes up, but this will be it for now. Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate being done with radiation and getting back to a normal life. 🥰