I am officially done with my first round of chemo! Yippee! About 9 or 10 days of feeling crappy, and then no more!! I start my taxol chemo on 8/26. That will be every week through 11/11/11. What a cool date to finish chemo, right? Everyone assures me Taxol is waaaaay better than the red devil. Most people don’t even get sick…but with my track record I’m expecting some queasiness. But nothing like the past two months. Whew!
I was talking to my friend Ann the other day (a cancer survivor) about how cancer brings out the best in people. We continue to get meals every week (thank you Hana, Franni, Jennie, Kim&Bill and Janet for the recents)! And Ann got me a great gift box full of fun jewelry, scarf, chocolates and a flask! Jenny & Stewart just sent a Kindle gift cert and Emily Jasper just got me a massage at my favorite spa! And Beth B. sends me a card every single week. I honestly don’t feel like I deserve all this….but I’m so very grateful and happy for ALL your support.
Speaking of supportive people…my saint of a mom-in-law is coming to spend the night on Saturday to help with Desmond. I hit the jackpot in the in-law dept. I’m making Brian go to the Phish show at the gorge Saturday night. He’s going to have a well deserved blast.
As for me…it’s now nap time. They give me Valium as part of my treatment so I’m barely keeping my eyes open. Oh, big thanks to my bestie Colleen who brought lunch today (and to my bestie Kim and our friend Michelle who brought nail polish and magazines for our ‘spa day’ last visit. Here’s some photos for you to enjoy. 1) my medicine cabinet. Those are ALL for cancer. 2) the red devil on his last journey. Hugs, sunshine and kittens to you all!
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