This is me starting a blog for the purpose of updating loved ones on my condition as I am currently going through the lovelies of breast cancer. I have found that talking with others and sharing my feelings through this experience has really helped me get some things "off my chest" as I literally get things off my chest. Hopefully it will be helpful, insightful, and maybe we'll get a little laugh. Thank you all for your prayers and love. I feel so very blessed. DeLayne

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Annie

One of my goals was to make it through some of the difficult parts of this cancer journey and come out the other end ready to keep living.  I decided to audition at the Scera for Annie the musical as Miss Hannigan a few weeks ago.  I got the part!!!  I have been cast as Miss Hannigan and my daughter Brinley is July, an orphan, and Bailey is in the ensemble.  Having both of them in the show with me is extra awesome.  I am so grateful to have this opportunity and to be on this end of those long chemo months.  I am ready to do this and so excited!  I feel this is my way of "kickin' it" to cancer and showing that we ARE survivors and still go on living.  I am tired.  I am sore.  This is going to be hard but I am committed and happy to be a part of it.  Brendon is fully supportive and so helpful.  He was just part of the Lone Peak Varsity basketball team becoming the State 5A champions as one of their assistant coaches.  That was awesome and they worked hard.  Congrats to Lone Peak!  He is a fantastic coach and they love him.  So, he was able to enjoy his extra-curricular activity and now I get to enjoy mine.  Annie runs April 22-May14th.  It is sure to be a great show!
Posted by DeLayne at 7:01 PM 6 comments

Radiation update

It has been almost two weeks since I began radiation.  It is a trip to be going through this.  The technicians and doctor have been so informative and caring with my concerns.  I go in every work day in the morning. They align me up just right to match the grid and I lay there while this big machine stops three different times on the target area.  I have felt a little tightness on the radiation side but not redness yet.  I can feel the heat on occasion from that side.  I really have felt the fatigue.  It's hard to be feeling so tired all the time when I am trying to keep up at my usual pace.  It appears the radiation has had some affect on my throat area causing me to feel like I am swallowing glass all the time, and causing swelling.  They are adjusting the grid a bit to see if that will help.  It's painful but Radiation is much better than chemo.  Looking forward to April when this phase is over.
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