7 weeks of Radiation almost done; Bryan starts path for Lasik

If there are any positives in the world it is time.   Frequently quoted: "Time flies" and "it heals all wounds."  Toni has completed 20 weeks of chemo and almost 7 weeks of radiation.   At the end of today she will have 2 radiation treatments remaining on Monday and Tuesday (Oct 26 and 27) and she will complete her radiation regimen. Monday we meet with her oncologist, Dr. Linden, to chart her remaining chemo course.   It should be a 2 week rest followed by 4 more CMF treatments.  I am going to try to capture her last radiation treatment.  (if not possible, I will get Monday's on film).  

So, her right side is quite red.  A most intense red.  Although being more descriptive would help others to better understand what she is going through... let's just leave it at intense.   There is now in the center of the red... a large egg size even darker red spot where the cancer tumor was.   That is due to the focused radiation "bursts" that she is getting.   According to the medical staff.   The rest of her should start to heal within a week and she should begin to notice some relief.   Needless to say she can hardly wait.

Toni has been sleeping better this week.   As a friend used to tell me "better living through modern chemistry."   She had to resort to taking Oxycodone (sp) again to pull the pain into the tolerable range.
And that is comforting in itself.

As for Bryan... I am going to get checked out for possible Lasik eye surgery.   I will find out if I am a candidate for the procedure.  I first just want to know if I am... and if so, then perhaps I will go for it.   Even though I still will most likely have to wear reading glasses, it would simply be cool to not have to bother with glasses for a while, maybe a long while.

Toni at the market in Barcelona, Spain last year. On her left is our "tour guide" who was a student at the local university and seated to her right is Tadashi Andoh, who works as the Service Manager for Genie Industries (the company for which I work) in Japan.   The story goes... that it was near midnight in Barcelona on the day of our arrival.   Toni and I arrived on a different flight and were looking to get accustomed to the time zone difference.  With a little sleep.   So, I get this call (at midnight) from Tadashi and he says, "Bryan, I just arrived and I am working on a deal with this guy at the hotel counter, he'll take us around Barcelona.  Come on out to the lobby and let's talk about it."  I threw on some clothes and stumbled out to the lobby, and the next morning, not so bright eyed and bushy tailed, off we went on a tour of Barcelona.   It was awesome. Tadashi and I tipped the guy big time, and saw more of Barcelona in a day than you could ever get to in a week.   It was just too cool to have Toni with us.

 This is a photo of Toni and I in Vic, Spain just about 45 minutes to the north of Barcelona.   What you see is a Roman Temple from 400 AD.   Of note... there was a church built around this temple.  You can imagine the size of the church.  When the church was "demolished" the people of Vic found the temple and were able to keep it intact.  Amazing.