Departures are always hectic, crammed with the undone. Today, Tuesday, was no different. Particularly with the unplanned-for wrench-in-the-schedule of radiation yesterday morning. I had hoped (and planned) to put in two full days of work this week; compressing my work hours was not entirely successful.
Also in this last, frantic few days, I wanted to spend time with my best friend before I left town; and another very close friend - whom I hadn't seen for two or three years - happened to be in the Bay Area, with Monday the only day our logistics meshed to meet.
Somewhere amidst all that, I had also to do laundry, iron, pack, clean the apartment, return library books, extract cash, contact a good dozen people I'm hoping to connect with on my road trip, confirming details and solidifying dates...oh, and sleep. Adrenaline only lasts so long.
And somewhere in the middle of all this I finished radiation. Finished treatment. Concluded the battle. I'm all better now, right? It is a strangely muted denouement. I got to take my netted radiation mask home, and hug the lab tech goodbye, and stop trekking weekly to the clinic for the ritual drawing of blood. But it is more an absence of activity than a presence of relief or celebration. No peace treaties on the Missouri. (I'd planned to celebrate with my roommate and others this past weekend, but the festivities were necessarily shelved when my radiation treatments weren't over Friday, after all.)
Now, in the middle of the night, still unwinding from a brim-filled, pressed, down, and overflowing day, I rocket off to the airport to catch a red-eye back south, and east. Has it really been five months since I left?
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Just another day.....
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You made it!!
Despite the anticlimactic finish line, it was an inspiring race to watch.
You are a "phenomenal woman" and I thank you for sharing the journey with us.
Now - have a fantastic road trip!! You deserve it! Maybe you can even share some of the adventures with us!
V--Happy Travels this time! (Notice travels not travails!)
I'm so happy to hear that the last treatment is done. You did good! And now you despite the anti-climatic end to the treatments, you should just enjoy the wonderful day, the fresh air, and even the clouds on the horizon.
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