Rads = radiation therapy = radiotherapy

Today was my eighth radiation treatment out of 35. So far there are no side effects from the radiation treatment itself.

The going-back-and-forth-ness, or the dailiness as one of my friends calls it, is what is hard at this point. Trying to fit more treatment into a life that has begun to fill up with normal, working, playing, non cancer-related activities is difficult. Mentally and logistically. But, I am the Bulldog, they say.

The positive part is that I've met some really nice patients and families who keep me company while I wait my turn to get treated. There is the piece of mind that comes with feeling you've been as aggressive against the disease as you can. There is aloe vera. Lots of aloe vera.