Everything that has a beginning, has an end...

And the end of this saga is here!!! Yesterday was my last radio therapy session!!! And although I am itchy and my boob hurts, I am DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY! This is over! To celebrate, we had a party some days ago, at which I broke a piggy that I had been stuffing throughout the year with little love notes that everyone who would come to visit left for me. The pic is from second before the piggy vanished... I loved the party and, at night, when everyone had left and Gabo and the rascals were fast asleep, I read all of the notes and cried so much! I am feeling so fortunate! Thank you all for being here, for calling, for sending messages, for writing, for coming to visit!!! Having you was the substance of my strength. Now, a new episode starts. Five years of hormonal treatment and recurrent tests, to make sure the Gremlin does not come back. And some other decisions to make along the way. I will tell you more about those in the near future.

My bright pink boob...

Since yesterday, my boob is bright pink, due to a medicine that I have to dab onto it to reduce the itching, swelling and general discomfort produced by radiation. It stains even black clothes. Apparently, portions of the color wash off in the shower, but it doesn't go away completely. I don't mind. The pain and the swollen sensation were already unbearable. I couldn't lie still in bed, and every night's sleep was preceded by endless turning, shifting, scratching and complaining. Of course, I still have to see if the bright, colorful liquid actually makes a change. I am sooooooooooooo tired of all of this.