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 Friday, August 5, 2022

Today was Gaye's last radiation/chemo treatment at the Ridley Tree Cancer Center (RTCC).  They were cute and gave her a Certificate of Graduation and threw some confetti upon her.  Her "adorable" hat snagged some of the confetti and brought it home.



While this does seem like a time to rejoice, having this part of the treatment over and progressing through it fairly easily, she is starting to notice hair losses.  The RTCC said it could be from the radiation as well as the chemo.  However, looking forward to more chemo has us feeling that this hair loss will continue.  The Ridley Tree Cancer Center does offer a service with free wigs and hats etc so we have a call to them to see if we can take advantage of this offer.  Waiting for a call back.

We go into the weekend with no more radiation and no chemo for now.  She has a teledoc meeting with the medical oncologist on Monday for further instructions on her care.  For now we are going to enjoy Santa Barbara's beautiful weather...mid 70's...pretty amazing for the middle of summer here.





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