2 whole weeks - no treatment! Whoop whoop

 I had my radiation appointment on Tuesday. First to sign consent forms then the grand tour followed by photos and measurements and my 3 little dot tattoos. [I asked and you can't choose what you get] and the CT scan

It's impossible not to laugh when you are lying in a weird position, on your back, arms back above your head - propped up with the aid of an arm rest contraption, head in a sponge cradle while someone is drawing round the outline of your boob droop with a marker pen and 2 others have their rulers out measuring all sorts of droopage and skin folds and distance between your armpit and the edge of the machine. Then to top it off they tape wires to your boobs where you've been marked so it will show up on the CT scan and you're expected to lie still. 

The staff as always explain everything before hand and so I gave them warning that I was very likely to start laughing at some point and was told "That's ok, we don't mind laughter, you just can't move when you go into the scanner." 

The point at which I started laughing was when I thought to myself I feel like a chicken on a roast spit doing a synchronised swimmer impression.

Imagine lying there with marker pen all over you, bits of wire taped to your boobs, rulers being held up against you, having to look up at the ceiling, [no picture on the ceiling by the way] trying not to move and the conversation between the medical staff going something like this "13cm from the chin", "10 on the side" "I've got 5 - what's on your side", "Be sure to get the scars"

I also got told that not only can I not put any weight on, I can't lose any either. I've got to stay exactly the same as I was on Tuesday until the radiation treatment is done. They will now be doing all the calculations based on what they've done that day and they can't have it all thrown out by weight gain/loss 

The tattoos are just 3 tiny black dots like freckles, one in the middle of my chest, in the "gap" and one on each boob in line with that. That involves a bit of ink put on top of the marks drawn by the marker pen and then a needle pushed in thru it, very quick. I was told it would be a bit like a bee sting but it wasn't that bad, more like a bit of a pinch.

I am still feeling tired a week after chemo has ended so a bit peeved that I'm not feeling perkier by now. On the other hand feeling great that since I had my herceptin treatment today I now get a whole 2 weeks of no treatment at all before radiation starts on 4th August

So lovely to be able to cross that off the list and we had a family dinner out on Wednesday to celebrate

Synchronised swimming or chicken on a spit?

My boob mapping, including boob droopage and tatts