Radiation Success

It is over and thank you God a success. I just completed two weeks of radiation treatment for the three cancerous lymph nodes  that were growing and resided under my left arm. They have now shrunk and are stable for now. In October I celebrated three years of survival and now I move on to year number four. God has continued to protect me longer than expected from the start and has provide a much longer stay with my family than I ever thought possible. I never thought I would be thankful for radiation treatments but I am. The most difficult part of the treatments was the manuvering on the table which really caused inflammation of my severe stenosis. I have begun steroid shots  which were helpful but the radiation table won. All the pain the steroids had begun to relieve returned intensely. I had to return for another shot and go back on the Gabapentin and muscle relaxer I had been able to ween off after the first shot. Well….un fortunately back on again. Thanksgiving was wonderful. Everyone came except Jen, Jerome and the girls. Reagan my grandson, learned oor Thanksgiving prayer song..Johnny Appleseed and proudly led the family in singing it with a huge smile on completion. We are so proud of him and his brother Joseph who also sang it with us. The rule is once you can talk and sing you must learn this prayer. Another memory of this wonderful holiday. Saturday my kids helped pick out our Christmas 🌲 tree and we shared with decorating the tree and house and shared a pot of home made Onion soup. New memories were made as we spoke of all that we are thankful for and memories shared. This month will fly by and the New Year will be upon us in the blink of an eye. I am fine with that as my Christmas shopping is completed except for a few stocking stuffers. Tuesday I see my cardiologist again ( every 6 months) I can’t believe 6 months have gone by. He always makes me feel special as a patient as he is always so happy to see me and makes a really big deal about my success as I continue to survive. I have my CT scan in January. I will learn if there is any further growth with the other two growth I have or if any growth shows up in my left lung. I pray for no further growth. Cases like myself live in 3 month increments based on our scan results. I am so looking forward to the holidays this month and once again our traditional family stay in Coventry.