Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

Anne asks,"Sometimes (but only sometimes) I wish we had do-overs in life. If you could wave a magic wand would you get rid of the cancer so you never had it? "

Without a doubt, Anne!

Some people say it makes them appreciate life more. I've always loved life and been a happy person, so that particular life lesson, I didn't need Cancer to teach me. If it has an ulterior purpose, I'm not aware of it yet.

Today went better than the trial run. My face was still marked for about 4.5 hours. Better than the 6 hrs from the trial run, but still room for improvement. One of the techs said he can shim the mask a bit more, which we'll try tomorrow. And of course, he and the nurse said that my skin's reaction to it is rare. Most people seem to only become dented for a few minutes.

It did feel better, not painful today. So, maybe I will actually sleep tonight? Which I didn't do so much of last night, with the apprehension keeping me awake, despite being totally tired enough to konk out.

And I began using the comfrey salve on the zapped parts already (upper chest, neck and upper back, as it comes from several directions to the masses), to help ward off burning, but we'll see.

And I regularly take my seabisquit pills, I mean seabuckthorn seed oil pills! They're not horse pills, really, (I just gotta toy with names), small enough to swallow easily, and they're anti-radiation, just like me, SO anti-radiation!