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Dear Diary #29 - I WIN!!

Hey friends, It has been pointed out to me a couple of times recently that I have left you all hanging. I'm sorry!!  I am alive. I am doing great. I am super busy. Life has returned to normal. That's all I need to write, right? Lol, just kidding! This will probably end up being a long post, as I catch up with all the thoughts in my head. So I will apologize in advance.  So where did we leave off......ahhhhh, finishing up radiation. Well THAT was fun! As I said in previous blogs radiation itself is easy, painless, and quick. It was just uber annoying to spend so much time driving back and forth into Calgary for 3+ weeks.  By the 12th treatment I was fairly pink, by the 16th and final treatment I was fairly burnt. My radiation oncologist described it as 'moderately brisk' when she saw me following my last treatment. Whatever that means? The really fun part about radiation is that you keep on cooking after treatment. The burns come from the inside, so it just gets worse. I...