# I finished radiation today-- help me celebrate! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005 "2015-07-02T00:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/21 "2015-07-02T20:44:24Z")
Thanks! Y’all are the best. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FeAudrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7feea3/32.png) [@FeAudrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeAudrey)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/22 "2015-07-02T21:03:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m off to bed. Suddenly exhausted. The fatigue associated with radiation therapy can persist or recur for weeks, and can hit you suddenly. The condition of the skin over your treatment area will show increasing damage over the next two weeks or so as the burn works its way outward. Expect to keep treating it for another six weeks after that. Then it’s more tests to confirm that everything is clear. THEN you can do the BIG celebration. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/23 "2015-07-02T21:17:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m inviting this community of strangers wherever you are to have a glass, smell a rose, pet your dog, tell a joke, share a hug-- and that will make me feel good tonight. Hugs for you, **ThelmaLou**! (Hugs are great medicine) I’m wishing continued healing, returning strength, no or minimal side effects, and perpetual happy & upbeat disposition. Way to go! Keep it going! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/24 "2015-07-02T23:28:05Z")
> [@FeAudrey](#): > > The fatigue associated with radiation therapy can persist or recur for weeks, and can hit you suddenly. > > The condition of the skin over your treatment area will show increasing damage over the next two weeks or so as the burn works its way outward. Expect to keep treating it for another six weeks after that. > > Then it’s more tests to confirm that everything is clear. Good info. > [@](#): > > THEN you can do the BIG celebration. I think I’ll celebrate now… \*\*and \*\*then. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/25 "2015-07-02T23:31:24Z")
Congratulations congratulations congratulations!!! Nothing makes me happier than something good happening to one of my favorite people! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/26 "2015-07-02T23:37:04Z")
ThelmaLou, congratulations! I got to skip this part of the treatment–the radiation oncologist thought it was overkill in my case–but I’m glad to hear you got through it and are doing okay. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/27 "2015-07-03T03:28:01Z")
Congratulations! It’s a great feeling, isn’t it? My last treatments ended in the 70s, and I still remember the relief. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/28 "2015-07-03T04:09:29Z")
> [@Rahne\_McCloud](#): > > Congratulations! You are now part of a larger group of friends who all have all gone through the same thing. A survivor. Hugs!!! 😃 And I join My Beloved in offering my sincerest congratulations, ThelmaLou! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/29 "2015-07-03T12:24:29Z")
Thanks, everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005/30 "2015-07-04T03:27:18Z")
Congrats, congrats, congrats! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-radiation-today-help-me-celebrate/724005.md?page=1)