Hope everyone has been enjoying the beautiful Wisconsin Fall.  My prayers go out to any that may have been affected by the recent hurricane. I was shocked at how bad the flooding was.   Florida is still standing, so I have to go back and check on my pelican friends soon to see how they fared.  I know some of my favorite places have had to shut down to make repairs.

Bob and I have taken, I believe, our last Fall ride.  One was very nice going to several working farms.  I tried to find the peacocks but they were "chicken", hardy har.  Ran when we all arrived.  So we settled for buffalo and cattle.

  

I am on my 4th week of radiation.  I have met with my radiologist a few times.  We meet once a week to see how it's going.  I have xrays done once a week for her to look at, then she does a visual check.  Until now it's been relatively good.  The worst of it has been the continued fatigue after treatments, which I'm beginning to believe that will never go away.


I have been watching my chest and underarm change colors.  My chest is quite red, and is painful and itchy.  I've been given a steroid cream for the itch, and lotions for the dryness and burn.  I'm half afraid to do the steroid cream since it thins the skin, which in turn makes the radiation burning worse.  My underarm has been mostly numb since surgery, and while annoying, I am glad since it has helped ward off pain until now.  The color of my underarm is a blackish purple.  This morning I also noticed the gray the nurse spoke of.  That will start to crack and peel.  The pain started to really set in this morning.  I knew it wasn't my imagination when the techs I have seen every day asked me how it felt.  Since they are in the know, I've turned the corner in my treatments.

Two more weeks and I have no idea what to expect.  I've seen what it did to my father in law and pray it doesn't get that bad.    

Found another fun thing getting ready for a wedding.  Changed my toenail polish, and underneath I found this.....


I was lucky I didn't have them turn completely black or fall off which is a chemo side affect.  Needless to say, the polish went back on.



I know this has been Breast Cancer Awareness month.  I did post something on Facebook at the beginning of October, but figured I've been doing my awareness since January.  Made my donation at the beginning of the month to IBC Foundation, and wore my pink like a good girl ;)

This is a great month to make your appointments for mammograms, to check yourself, and to speak about the importance of early detection.

My daily morning view.