194 days since mums diagnosis and her treatment is finished! She's gone from being a 'very young for her age', fit and healthy 73 year old to a 'looks her age' 74 year old who is nervous about going out on her own because she feels unsteady on her feet and has lost a lot of her confidence.
The road has been tough but she has never complained and has rarely shed a tear. She has been extremely tired but has made light of it and smiled through most of it. We have even had a lot of laughs. This journey has shown me that I didn't really know her as I could never have imagined how strong and positive she could be even at the darkest moments.
The 10 days of RT have been the worst for her and she has experienced every side effect she was warned about. I watched her breathe a sigh of relief tonight as we left the hospital and my heart went out to her. WE got home around 6.30pm by 8pm she had given in and gone to bed. I woke her at 10pm to give her her meds. She seemed disoriented, sat up, took them and promptly lay down and went straight back to sleep. I am exhausted just watching her go through everything and I can't begin to imagine how exhausted she must be. I know tomorrow she'll 'pick herself up, dust herself down and start all over again!'
She is an incredible woman and I am so proud of her. Tomorrow she begins the next stage of this journey and I pray she will feel a little more like her old self with every passing day.
