I went for my Radiation Consultation today and it was pretty much the same as it was at Kaiser, except much more thorough. My appointment took about 3 hours all together, but that included the doctor visit, the CT Scan, the tattooing of my skin, and a whole lot of paperwork to go over. While I was there, I was able to meet a friend of Sonia's who is the Breast Cancer Navigator at Sutter and she was a wealth of information. She gave me some wonderful resources and program literature that will be very helpful. One support group that I was very happy to hear about was one for the caregivers of cancer patients. Ever since I was diagnosed, John and I have been looking for some type of outlet to support him as well as me, yet Kaiser didn't have anything like that. However, Sutter does, so we're pretty excited about that. There's not only support groups were you sit around and talk about issues, but there are actually different types of therapy groups that sound cool; like Art Therapy, Music Therapy, and Dance Therapy for cancer patients! Oh, and if I were interested in Fly Fishing there's even a program set up for that as well. It's such a fresh new start at Sutter I feel like I was just diagnosed, like the past year and a half was just a bad dream.
I want to thank my friend Kim for taking me today and hanging out during my super long appointment. Thanks for using your "Personal Day" on me :) You're such a trooper, thank you for being there when I needed you most. Love ya!
Peace to you all ~ Love, Genie
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I love you!!! Sometimes saying it isn't always enough!!! Keep going baby, I am with you all the way!
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