Radiation oncologist

I had an appointment with the radiation oncologist today after my radiation treatment. He said that I am tolerating the treatments well and that my skin looked healthy and wasn't breaking down yet. Breaking down would be blistering and peeling. My skin doesn't hurt and I try to give it the care that it needs.

I lost my second finger nail on the weekend. On monday I stopped in to see one of the nurses about proper nail care. The most important thing is to avoid getting an infection. That means wearing rubber gloves for gardening and doing the dishes. She said it will take many months for the nails to regrow. They are in a very delicate state and I should make sure that they don't get bruised or damaged. She looked at my other nails and said to be prepared for at least 5 more to fall off. I don't know about my toe nails because they have a beautiful shade of pink nail polish on them right now. I think I would rather not see their fate. Sometimes the unkonwn is better than the known.

My training walks are going well. Last week was a total of 19 km with the longest walk being 6 km and this weeks total will be 23 km with the longest walk being 8 km. They will steadily keep increasing as the weeks get closer to August 12. I am still doing my Body Pump work outs at the gym twice a week and will maybe try to do a Power Pacing (bike) class in the near future. I am down 10 pounds but now have leveled off. I think I need to do some different cross training to increase my weight lose.

That all for now.

Love Carolin