The techs call it my "graduation day." Tomorrow will be my last treatment. They said to expect the side effects to continue to get worse maybe through the weekend and then start to abate. Because the beams are killing cells that are growing, cells that get zapped tomorrow will be dying (and the good ones, we hope regenerating) for several days after, which is why the symptoms, now including chills, in addition to swelling, itching and local pain, don't stop immediately.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting to hear from the plastic surgeon's physician's assistant. If he doesn't call by tomorrow morning, I'll call my patient liaison to try to get him to talk to me. I bought a plane ticket on the hope that I can come home when I'm released from the hospital. Hope that turns out to be true!
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