Radiation starts today. Scheduling is a nightmare. (Sadly) the Oncology center is booked solid. I was holding out for an early morning or late afternoon time slot so I could stop in coming or going from work. 4:45 opened up next Monday but because it is a short week they requested I start tomorrow. Doesn't make sense to me but they know what they are doing.
The sooner I start the sooner I finish. A few extra days off around the holidays but otherwise I am down for 6 1/2 weeks of treatment. Monday through Friday.
The center is about 4 miles from home and 8 miles from work.
Now for all the zingers that come with the treatment.
Zinger #1. To bra or not to bra.
They ask you to not wear a bra for 8-10 weeks. They told me to go buy a few cotton camisoles to wear in place of a bra. I pictured 10 weeks of the Uniboob, you know when your boobs get smooshed together in a non lift-and-seperate sports bra? When I asked again to be specific the nurse told me I could not get the camisole that has the little shelf bra included. Now I'm picturing something worse than the uniboob. How do you keep things together with just a loose camisole? What can I possibly wear to cover that?
It is winter but that doesn't mean much in Texas and I don't really have many loose blob-like tops. I feel better when I look good. I do not want to schlep around all blob-boob for 8-10 weeks.
This weekend I will be bra shopping, looking for a compromise. The nurse conceded that these days while women work and go through treatment we need better choices and I am allowed to wear some kind of soft, loose, all cotton bra-thing for work as long as I take it off the rest of the day.
As soon as I won that point I started to wonder what will I wear to yoga?
Photo today: making the most of my last day of lift-and-separate.
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