Radiotherapy

And so it begins.

Mam had her first treatment yesterday, in her words she "shut her eyes and let them get on with it"!  She sounded fine, but I can't help feeling there was an undercurrent in her voice.  I just wish sometimes she would let herself admit when things aren't 100%, everyone is allowed an off day after all.  But then again she is doing the 'Mum' thing of protecting her children - I feel it so strongly with my babies and I am sure it never fades even when your babies are twenty-something, or even forty-something.

I think we had all been downplaying the immensity of the next three weeks.  The thing that has really hit me today is the phonecalls.  I am so used to just dropping Mam a phonecall at whatever time of the day, now I will be lucky to catch her in before she has to be up and out to travel to hospital.  I will miss that.

1 treatment down, 14 to go ...