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The first couple of weeks of radiation honestly were fine, I felt/seen no changes, great news! It was very repetitive, my days had become very repetitive, get up, get ready, go to work for half day, go to radiation, come home, rest. As the saying goes, same shit different day, that`s how I looked at it. During radiation, you see the doctor once a week no matter what, my day was Monday, therefore Mondays were so very long as I was not the only one seeing the doctor so after radiation the wait was always long. The first couple of weeks like I said everything was good, different notice or feel any changes, the doctor said that was good. My skin looked good according to her, right on track. At the second week appointment, she ordered a compounding prescription cream for me to go ahead and get, she said I would need it soon. I had to order it from another state (CRAZY) and have it shipped, it was super expensive, but I did it because the doctor said I would need it soon. She told me that I would start to notice my energy level going down, my skin would feel and look like a horrible sunburn. I mean I listened to everything she said, I had read all the pamphlets they gave me, but I was thinking in my mind it can`t be that bad, I had spent time in the sun (don`t judge!) I had been sunburned before, so I was prepared. What I will say with my experience going through cancer, is that you are never prepared, you can tell yourself you are, you can think you are, I can promise you that you are not! If your mind is saying, what are they talking about, that`s not so bad, oh I have done such and such in the past I`m good, chances are you are probably not prepared, just throwing that out there. I continued the radiation for the next week or so, still seeing no changes, not feeling any different, I am like wow, this is awesome, I am feeling really good. And like a ton of bricks, out of nowhere my world was rocked to say the least.. 

When Life Gives You Lemons…Make Lemonade or Margaritas, whichever suits your fancy!