better yet

My upper chest is only a little pink, and my radiation oncologist said it shouldn't get any worse than that if it hasn't already, so my body must have just tolerated the treatment well (except for that whole throat thing last week). That's good to hear. My last radiation appointment is Monday, then I'll meet with the doctor in 4-6 weeks. (In the meantime, I'll have another checkup with my lymphoma oncologist.) He reminded me that there's a 30% chance of a thyroid problem in the next few years, so I'll have to be checked for that periodically and, if necessary, given a thyroid pill to ward it off.

But for all intents and purposes, my life can start getting back to normal on Tuesday, July 26 -- and this all began when I saw my general practitioner on Tuesday, November 16. At times I've felt like my life was put on hold, that I was just anxiously sitting around waiting for this thing to pass... now we're finally there, I hope.