Zzz Zzz Zzz

I’m into my second week of crockpot radiation. We met briefly with my radiation oncologist after my appointment today. Apparently I am going to be even more exhausted this time, since this is re-treatment radiation.

Yup… I’d say so. I took a 4 hour nap today with Jinx. I fell asleep during treatment too. My life has become a series of naps.

I think I'm catching up from the lack of sleep Monday night. I got radiated at 6:45am Monday morning so that I could go to the Packers game in Lambeau on Monday night with my ladies. It was so worth it.

Treatment isn’t the most pleasant since the titanium screws that are now in my skull press into the hard plastic on which I lay for radiation. The techs have been very sweet in trying to cushion it for me, but there’s not much that they can do because they have to be able to strap my head to the table with the Jason mask. I can get myself into a position where it doesn’t hurt too much and make it through the 30 minute sessions. I still manage to fall asleep.

At least we’ve been able to control the nausea this time. [I already knew this but…] Zofran is a lovely drug. The first night I got a little nauseated, but we figured out that I need to take a full pill before bed instead of a half pill. That seems to have solved the waking up in the middle of the night feeling barfy problem. I am yet to puke this time from radiation. [::knocks on wood::] The lack of appetite is starting, though. I’m forcing myself to eat. What a change that is from the steroids, where I had to feed the steroid machine to stave off the hangry.

The hair loss should start in the next week or so. From what I understand from the techs, I’ll have a bald spot on either side of my head and then most of the top of my head will be bald too. We’ll see how it falls out, but if I end up with a skullet, I’m shaving my head. No hair, don’t care.

Fight like Hell.  

Packers

Well, Green Bay Packers, that wasn't so great, but I still love you 💛💚 - ‪#‎KJMeetARodg‬

Packers Wives

Well, that was pretty awesome. Last night, I received several video well wishes from Packers players' wives! A friend called in a favor with her aunt that works for the Packers. Her aunt and the wives have asked to be kept updated with my surgery and recovery today.

I'm feeling pretty special and unbelievably loved.

Fight like hell.

Sassy Pants

Oh, I’m feeling awesome and sassy as hell today. I slept for 9 hours. NINE hours. Straight.  No getting up to pee. Just Sweet, sweet continuous sleep. I had a few errands to run, so today was my first test run at doing my new badass hair. I don’t think I did too badly, but I could use some practice still. I’d like it to be a little wilder a la Kristen Stewart. I’ll just be needing the lil smister to teach me this weekend. I’m really digging my new sassy lip color too.

My errand running today went off without a hitch [unlike yesterday]. I got a few items at a bead store to make a necklace that I saw on Etsy [listed for $25]. I looked in my craft room and found that I had 90% of the items needed to make it and bought the rest for $4. I win. :)

I also had to go to JoAnn to get some fabric for my mom and sister to make me some headbands/head wraps for after the #bigAssBrainSurgery. It was the most blissful Joann experience of my life – hardly anyone there, found exactly what I wanted, it was all on sale, I only waited in the cutting line for 5 minutes … and then I used four coupons at the checkout.

That is a craft errand FTW.

I made a stop at the chiropractor, as well. I know that since I'll be laying in a hospital bed for at least 5 days, i needed to get my lower back/hips in a happy place. I only had one neck vertebrae out of place, though, so I opted to play it safe and just let my neck be for now. [Neurology gave me the okay to have this done before surgery.]

And then I had a lovely starbucks iced latte with coconut milk on the way home.

Oh yes, it’s been a good day. I’ve got my sassiest pants on. I get to see my book club ladies, And my ARodg and the Packers will be on TV tonight.

Fight like hell.

Packers

In Wisconsin, the Packers are a kind of religion, where Packers jerseys are perfectly acceptable Sunday morning church service attire. I was raised staunchly in the ways of the Cheesehead.

For the past couple years, a few girlfriends and I have been using one of the girl's season tickets to attend the Monday night game at Lambeau.

This year we are planning to make our diehard, girls-only trip for the September 28th game against the Kansas City Chiefs. And this year, I will be a month and 10 days post craniotomy surgery for the bitch tumor removal on game day. I will likely have also started treatment at this point (treatment TBD).

Come hell or high water, this Cheesehead will be at Lambeau, bangin' on the drums, and cheering for our Green Bay Jesus ARodg and team.

I find it no coincidence that #12 and I share the same sports/lucky number.

I bleed Badger Red and have a Cheesehead.

Go Pack Go!

Fight like hell.