So here we are on Chemo 3. What a ride today! Back up a bit to the past week, where I swam 10 of 13 days and seemed to handle the chemo better. I am still learning that I can't do everything in one day and that is frustrating but tolerable...unless you are poor Matt that comes home on those days to a deer in the headlights bald head and all!
I forget that not everyone is obsessed with my cancer like I am. At dinner the other night I told Matt that I could not feel my larger tumor. I took his hand and he tried looking for it (well that is what he said). He wasn't having luck finding it or having fun when someone across the table cleared her throat and said, "Really guys, I am sitting here!" I blamed it on chemo brain and left Matt hanging! Emily is ready for Nick's return.
Today, Dr. Kaplan could not find it either. This means it has shrunk considerably after two sessions so we are on cloud 9 over our good fortune. Prayers are really working here so keep them up! My red and white blood cell counts are normal and my platelet count is evening off after an initial big drop. Dr. K thinks I should be the poster child for chemo! Kinda of the Gerber baby in reverse!
I am getting use to the wig although quit hugging me at QFC. I walk around the store adjusting myself like some first baseman for the Mariners! The other day I put it on wrong and the crown of my head was in the back. It is a pain, but so much better that my sporty grey buzz on a pink head!
One more of these big boy chemos, a week off, and then off to the weekly one. We discussed surgery and reconstruction today and while it might seem overwhelming, it is so awesome to have that option and cure!!
Loving my cards, my visits, my chats, my gifts, but most of all loving you! Keep on rolling!
Jill
I forget that not everyone is obsessed with my cancer like I am. At dinner the other night I told Matt that I could not feel my larger tumor. I took his hand and he tried looking for it (well that is what he said). He wasn't having luck finding it or having fun when someone across the table cleared her throat and said, "Really guys, I am sitting here!" I blamed it on chemo brain and left Matt hanging! Emily is ready for Nick's return.
Today, Dr. Kaplan could not find it either. This means it has shrunk considerably after two sessions so we are on cloud 9 over our good fortune. Prayers are really working here so keep them up! My red and white blood cell counts are normal and my platelet count is evening off after an initial big drop. Dr. K thinks I should be the poster child for chemo! Kinda of the Gerber baby in reverse!
I am getting use to the wig although quit hugging me at QFC. I walk around the store adjusting myself like some first baseman for the Mariners! The other day I put it on wrong and the crown of my head was in the back. It is a pain, but so much better that my sporty grey buzz on a pink head!
One more of these big boy chemos, a week off, and then off to the weekly one. We discussed surgery and reconstruction today and while it might seem overwhelming, it is so awesome to have that option and cure!!
Loving my cards, my visits, my chats, my gifts, but most of all loving you! Keep on rolling!
Jill
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