Monday blues!

Woke up to a cold and rainy Monday morning.  Definitely feeling like my chest cold is getting worse and have now started on a short course of antibiotics.  Went for my daily radiation treatment and met yet another young hospital employee going through radiation for breast cancer, difference is she didn't have to go through chemo.  As she continued to tell me about her experience, she mentioned that she was currently out on medical leave because she was having bad side effects to radiation--she had lost about 7 lbs in a weeks time and was too tired to get through a half a day at work.  I began to think, I can stand to loose some weight but I don't think I like the whole idea of not being able to get through work.  Started to feel a little down and began to worry...Then it dawned on me, I was not the typical chemo patient and I refuse to be another typical radiation patient.  I was able to impress the surgeons I work for and all the doctors treating me when I went through all 6 cycles of chemo with very little time off and still active as a surgical PA; I even earned the title of the only woman known to Mercy Outpatient Chemo who wore heals through chemotherapy!  I shouldn't let anyone else's experiences influence me or my attitude, I know I can get through this without a hitch--if I could only get over this cold!! :-/