Day 20 of 25

I was slightly disappointed to find out that Monday is MLK day and the facility will be closed. That makes my last treatment day next Thursday, the same day I start an all day program. This means I'll have to get treated at 7ish, go home get ready for my first day of class and all the social anxiety that brings and then get to market street. Class is from 9 to 515. Yes. Otherwise I went back to an older cancer centric visualisation recording for treatment, which leaves me in a daze when they pull me off the slab. My energy is pretty good though, only my skin is bothering me. My Radiation Oncologist says I look pretty good, no nasty effects that can happen. Basically your skin starts to break down. Yuck I cant imagine what that looks like. Tomorrow is an intense day, I have morning radiation and afternoon infusion at oncology of Irradia. If you don't know what an infusion is -- and I didn't before this, it's an IV. Some people put in ports for easy access. I refused and so they have to hit a vein every time. Not as easy as you might think. I've been told mine jump out of the way of the needle. Can that be possible? The chemo nurses are a sweet bunch of people who have taken very good care of me for the past year and a half. Although I have my favorite. He never misses. I hope he's there tomorrow. I usually take a few atavan to sleep through the whole experience, but the stuff looses its efficacy. So tomorrow, maybe a dvd on the laptop.