My Radiation Paper Chain

While I was away at my very first radiation treatment this morning, my very sweet Aunt Michelle and Samuel made me this super pretty paper chain. Why? You might say. Well, since the thought of 17 daunting treatments in that immobilizing face mask has me in a tizzy, my friend gave me the idea of this paper chain. For every day of treatment completed, I can take off one of the loops. It's a very tangible way to see that this cancer treatment road I am on is coming to a close, link by link. I took one off this morning and it felt so good. April 10th is my last treatment and I can't wait! My treatment this morning was incredibly fast - about 10 minutes total,with the radiation portion only being a couple of minutes. It was doable. Now, only four more this week. I can do this.