August 2011 chemo, anyone w/ me?!

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  • summergirl1
    summergirl1 Member Posts: 182
    edited September 2011

    VTellen, Thxs for your lovely comment but as much as I hate wearing the wig it does at least sort of resemble my former self but I would actually feel even more self concouis in a scarf/Hat . I think I threw my confidence out in the same bag as my hair (sigh) . but I guess on the upside I feel great physically no  probs at all so I know I should consider myself lucky. its gonna be a long 3 months I think . 

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  • vtellen
    vtellen Member Posts: 345
    edited September 2011

    Summergirl- Do you actually stay at the hospital for your radiation? How will that work? And yea, you have def had the least amount of SEs than the rest of us T/Cers! You seem to have more energy than I do at least! I have 3rd dose on monday, hoping it isn't too much worse than the last!

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  • summergirl1
    summergirl1 Member Posts: 182
    edited September 2011

    VTellen, yes because I live so far away I will stay up in the hospital for 5 weeks mon-fri, they have a building and u stay there kinda like a B&B  you can leave whenever you want, there is no way I could make that journey daily, I have heard from another girl that it is actually kinda fun as you get to stay with other BC patients and you can have fun while u are there , but I will miss my family of course, and yes I have been very lucky so far I only have 2 to 3 off days then back to normal so I know I should be very greatful , if I could just get a bit of the old confidence back I'd be just fine, How are you are you doing, GOOD LUCK monday will be thinking of you!!  and hopefully this one will be easier for you I have heard sometimes TX 2 sometimes can be the worst so lets hope !!!!

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  • MaryjRN
    MaryjRN Member Posts: 130
    edited September 2011

    Summergirl...Your 'situation' is so unique.  I'm  trying to picture something like that here in the US.  It would be hard being away like that.  Are friends/family able to come and visit?

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  • summergirl1
    summergirl1 Member Posts: 182
    edited September 2011

    MaryjRN, I live in a tiny Holiday village that does not have any Cancer Center, so I have to travel to Dublin (100 miles) for radiation treatment but while I am there I will be able to leave and do whatever I want so its not too bad, and my Mom/Sister live in Dublin so I can visit with them while Im up there. I am going to look at it as a mini vacation LOL .and can come home on the weekends to make sure my DH and son haven't strangled each other (they dont get along ) hes a teenager with an attitude need I say more haha,  

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  • stroz
    stroz Member Posts: 4
    edited September 2011

    I have not posted here before but do enjoy reading all the helpful hints that you all give. I had my first Ac on Aug 10 I am having the 4th next Friday and then on to 4 of the Taxol and then 36 radiation treatments. With this last chemo I ahve not bounced back at all I am extremely tired with heartburn so that makes it hard to drink and eat.  I am supposed to go to my neice's wedding tomorrow but don't know if I'll have enough energy. Does anyone have any suggestions for the heartburn I am taking prilosec but doesn't seem to be working.

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  • Vivie
    Vivie Member Posts: 52
    edited September 2011

    Hello everyone  from circus land..as I type this , it's nearly 3 am , and had had a LONG day.

       I bought a wig.The problem is that I feel like a total fake wearing it , not comfortable at all.I was completely pressured from all sides in my family to get one.Okay.Their money , their problem.

     But then I got told off.Why ? because I got hot halfway the rehearsal dinner - formalities were already over , and cousins were planning ( the groom is my cousin ) to go out for a drink, so I ditched it.My mom was horrified , but didn't show it.I felt so colorless w the wig , even if everybody complimented me on it. As soon as I ditched it , I felt so much like MYSELF.

      I told my mother an hour ago to put a scarf/hat in with the jackets/stuff we're taking for the after the wedding meal - there's dancing involved - so that I can don something for when I ditch my wig - THERES NO WAY I can last all afternoon with it!!! and..I got into a fight.

     So depressed.They mean well..but it's feeling like being bullied.and I should know , since I was bullied through school for me being deaf and my speech impairment and my hearing equipment.

      Wedding's tomorrow and I'm not in the mood for it.I want to stay home and hide.I'll probably put an appearance at the wedding & then go home , and let the rest of my family go to the sit down meal.Too bad , bc I was looking forward to it.

     Breast Cancer takes from us so many things.Our hair , our confidence , our health , and most of all , changes every relationship on earth we have.My mother and I always have been close , but now it's claustrophobic.She's pressuring me to change.Change my eating habits , change myself , change who knows what.

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  • summergirl1
    summergirl1 Member Posts: 182
    edited September 2011

    Vivie, Im so sorry you are having such a hard time, but I say "fair play to you" , if you feel good without your wig you go for it and dont worry what anyone has to say !!, you should just go to wedding and enjoy yourself and dont let them get to you , its not an easy road we are on and any little pleasure we can get we should go for it, and yes Mothers !!!!! mine did not even want me to show her my bald head she just said no I would rather not see u with no hair , well that made me feel great LOL but I know its hard for them too they worry about us and dont like to admit we are sick, maybe thats why she wants you to wear the wig so much , well good luck and go enjoy the wedding with or without ur wig whatever makes u happier (hugs to you )

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  • jbagley
    jbagley Member Posts: 102
    edited September 2011

    Vivie, I am sorry your family is treating you the way they are. They need to see you as a person and what is on the inside, not how you look. Hair, no hair, you are the same person inside. We are all beautiful! Before we know iit, we'll still be writing here in 6my months and tx are going to be done and it will be summertime again. Keep your chin up, if you want to go to the dinner, go. Do what you need to do for you.



    My last tx is oct 31. I probably wont be able to take my daughter trick or treating. Taxol on Monday. My last one was #4 A/C, it has kicked my butt. I have only had 3a good days. The last 2one I have been tired, have had a headache since wed, can hear my heart beating in my ears all the time. My hematocrit was 9 last visit, they are prob around 8 now. They might give me aranesp. Along with neulasta. I've heard aranesp can cause blood clots. I feel better lying flat then sitting in a chair.....



    Anyway, hope everyone has se free weekend.

    hugs

    jenn

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  • edyem
    edyem Member Posts: 38
    edited September 2011

    Hello everyone,

    I'm day 9 post 3rd AC and I've had a tough time this go-round.  I see others have, too.  I'm exhausted, my bones are killing me, I have no taste buds but that chronic metallic flavor lingers on. I feel like I have a hangover that won't go away.  It was so bad this time, that I asked the NP at the Oncology center if they mistakenly gave me a bigger dose with the last tx. They reduced it the second time because I had so many SEs and I felt certain that they must have gone back to the original dose.  She assured me, however, that they gave me the same amount as they did for the 2nd tx.  Maybe it's just cumulative.  Who knows? 

    Capinva - Emend is awesome.  I've had a 3 day pack with each tx and I've never thrown up.  I'm so glad that my onc. prescribed it. 

    Stroz - I chew papaya enzyme tablets for heartburn.  I have used them for years and I wasn't interested in adding another medication to my long list.  I chew a few and if that doesn't help I chew a few more.  I've never had a time where the heartburn did not go away.   I find them in the "Healthy Living" type department at my local grocery store.  

    Vivie - I'm intrigued by your posts and I see that we both have lived our lives before cancer with a disability.  I'm a paraplegic, so when I get stares the viewers have to decide if they want to stare at my wheelchair or my bald head.  I prefer to just go bald or put on a hat if it's comfortable. I don't know why that's hard for others to accept. Since I don't live near my mom, we haven't clashed over any issues.  I do, however, see my MIL frequently.  She has been very helpful, but is definitely getting on my nerves.  Apparently, she thinks I've lost some of my mental faculties. She comes around at least 3 x a week to drive me places.  She does the grocery shopping and has moved LOTS of things around in my house.  Recently, we went for coffee.  The barrista gave me my usual iced latte with the espresso poured on top of the milk and ice and my MIL said, "You'll need to stir that." Oh really?  How did I make it through 40+ years without her around to tell me such things?  I'll probably go to hell for saying such things and I should be grateful for her help but sometimes I just need to feel independent and convincing others is difficult to say the least. 

    I just counted and my last chemo won't be until January 6, 2012.  I have one more AC on the 29th.  Then I have 12 weekly Taxol treatments.  Once my chemo is done I still have 6 weeks of radiation (every week day) to look forward to.  Ugh.  

    I'm planning to have my hair stylist shave the remaining sprigs of hair that I have.  I would prefer my head to be cleanly bald.  Even though I buzzed it close when I started losing it, some of this hair isn't going anywhere.  It's not growing, nor is it falling out.  My eyebrows have thinned quite a bit and this is bothering me almost as much as the hair loss did.  As if I don't look sick enough with a bald head, now I'll have no eyebrows to enhance my alien-like appearance.  Anyone else losing their brows?  Lashes?  

    Thanks for the opportunity to vent.  Hope you all have a nice SE free weekend.  

    edye 

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  • lele3737
    lele3737 Member Posts: 45
    edited September 2011

    Hey everyone!  I haven't been on the boards for a bit, and I haven't read everyone's posts...but I'm with all of you...August 2011 baby....what a s###y way to finish out the year.  {{{{{{sigh}}}}}}

    I have my AC #4 next week...then on to 4 rounds of Platinum/taxotere....and that should take me in to the new year.  BUMMER.  I was REALLY hoping to finish chemo by the New Year!  Oh well, as my almost DH (fiancee) says, we knew it was going to be a long road.

    Have most of you had surgery prior to treatment?  I feel like I'm the only one sometimes who hasn't had surgery yet.  My onc wanted to do the chemo first to "make sure it works".  I had a pretty aggressive puppy (around 2 inches in diameter within a year), plus two that were a bit close to the chest wall.  My on wanted to shrink it first to make surgery easier/better.  Although, I don't always understand that b/c I have opted for the bilateral (no one can recreate the perfection in my left breast! haha)

    Anyhow....I'm in pretty good spirits most of the time.  I have found the humor in all of this.  Making my family members quite uncomfortable (and then loosening up) is so incredibly amusing to me.  Hey, they're boobs.  We all have them.  Plus, I'm lucky - I love my wig (and so does the almost DH).  Don't get me wrong, when I"m home, I'm topless, but out and about I rock the wig or a scarf (usually the wig).  At some point, I'll go out of the house topless...but it's patchy....SUPER PATCHY.  I honestly want the hair on my head to just go already!

     Speaking of hair, I haven't minded not having to shave anything below my neck in forever :)  That's been AWESOME.  I'm purposely trying my best not to touch my eyebrows or eyelashes....they're still there, but I haven't waxed my eyebrows in 2 months...and, uh, I haven't really needed to.  Uh oh....hoping for a miracle.

    On a side note, the Pink Heals Tour is coming to my town in a few weeks....I'm excited.  Pink firetrucks?  And firefighters?  SIGN ME UP!

    Anyhow, have a good night, all.  I'm so glad to have such a large group of women in the "club we never wanted to join"!

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  • michelleo13
    michelleo13 Member Posts: 342
    edited September 2011

    Good thinking on the Thanksgiving Dinner front ladies. In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving in October which is right in the middle of my chemo. It is my turn to host dinner but my Mum offered to cook dinner at her place...who am I to argue with that??

    My last chemo is Nov 15 and then I'll have 6 weeks of rads starting probably sometime in December. I hope to be back to normal in early 2012.

    Stroz, welcome to our thread! I also found it dificult to bounce back after #2 but the last few days have been much better. The tiredness lasted until about Day 9!

    Oh Vivie, I hope the wedding goes well for you. I think you should do what makes YOU feel most comfortable. I'm starting to feel that way more and more. I wear my wig very little and mostly wear scarves. Most people are very understanding, and if they're not, well I won't waste my time with them!

    Jenn, I 've had the same thing hearing the heartbeat in my ears. It's really weird!

    Good to hear from you Lele...pink firetrucks and firefighters!  Sounds interesting!

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  • MaryjRN
    MaryjRN Member Posts: 130
    edited September 2011

    Hi stroz...welcome to our group!  I've just started a tiny bit of heartburn this week.  Other than smaller meals, no caffeine, and not eating/drinking anything 2 hours prior to lying down, I have no other suggestions.  There are stronger medications available, but you nedd a rx from the doc for those.

    Vivie...Shame on your family! There I said it.   Wish I could go over to Greece and give them all a good shake.  You have to do what's best for you.  That is your survival instinct kicking in.  Listen to it. {{{hugs}}}

    Jbagley...wow, that's a really low hematocrit.  No wonder you feel so lousy.  My onc feels that the Taxol regime will be easier.  Hope it is for you, too. 

    Edye...I was told that the chemo effects are cummalative.  Hope you feel better soon. I am doing the 12 Taxol followed by 6 weeks of rads, too.  I start taxol 9/26.  I plan on drawing on some eyebrows when they go.  So far, they have only thinned.

    Lele..sounds like you've got a great support with (almost) DH.  That's important.  About the body hair, I'm still shaving my legs, but not as frequently.  Underarm is gone.  I'd love to see pink firetrucks!

    Michelle...glad you don't plan on cooking.  2012 seems so far away...but that's when I plan to be back to normal, too!

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  • TSB1
    TSB1 Member Posts: 46
    edited September 2011

    Jbagley: your hematocrit is 9 or your hemoglobin?

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  • DebinUtah
    DebinUtah Member Posts: 75
    edited September 2011

    Sounds like a lot of us are on a similar schedule--I have my last infusion on Nov. 18th. Hallaluha! Then start 6 weeks of M-F radiation.  I just had my third tx yesterday: taxotere, carboplatin and herceptin (other HER2/neu positive gals: I'm surprised your oncs are giving you the herceptin along with the other chemicals already).  I had a mild adverse reaction to taxotere #2, so they loaded me up with steroids the day before and boy did I get a lot done!  Cleaned my entire house, did 4 loads of laundry, wrote a report for work--of course, I was so wired I couldn't sleep!  I take a second big dose today. Then I hear that the post-steroid crash is bad. Oh, well, I'm planning to rely heavily on my Ativan and stay in bed and watch NFL all day.  I swear the emotional anxiety and black mood of days 3-7 are worse for me than the physical SEs.

    Family reactions are weird, huh? Mine are just the opposite of Vivie's; it's like they're so hesitant to impose that I have to go visit them instead of the other way around.  No one would have said a word about my wig if I hadn't started the conversation.  I am normally a pretty private person, but COME ON!  I could use a little mother-henning!  Luckily my DH is very mothering; sometimes I have to tell him to just get out of the house and do his own thing for awhile.  He also gives me little "pink poisoning presents" after each chemo--just little things: pink pjs and slippers, a lovely little pink quartz ring; kind of silly but it gives us something to share and me something to look forward to. That and the no hair below the neck line are the only perks of all this!  (PS--if you're losing your eyebrows and don't like the painted-on look, try the real hair ones from Headcoverings.com--they're easy to apply and pretty realistic looking.)

    Love, peace and strength to everyone with tx and SEs this weekSmile    

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  • Flautalee
    Flautalee Member Posts: 118
    edited September 2011

    Hello again everyone -- I had round 2 yesterday of Taxotere/Cytoxan which fortunately went smoothly. I posted some stuff on Calling all TNG's (triple negatives), too so if you'd like to check there, read on. My chemo nurse told me that there are normally fewer pbs with neuropathy with Taxotere and so far, I haven't.  Also my hair started coming out Wednesday afternoon and I'm now wearing a scarf because the wig is as we know too itchy.  I'm going to look into a wig liner to put on under the wig.  I hope that helps.  I may just end up wearing scarves most of the time. Lot's of women wear scarves.  Thank you all for your kind support.

    My oncologist says I'm doing well and that I should add exercise to what I am doing.  I'll try.  I'm eating a very large bowl of All-Bran every morning in hope to avoid the big C this time!   Best to you all and no SE's!

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  • michelleo13
    michelleo13 Member Posts: 342
    edited September 2011

    For those of you having rads after chemo, do you know how quickly they will get started? The radiation oncologist told me to make an appointment with him for 2 weeks after my last chemo, but I'm not sure if they'll start right away after that or if it will take a week or two to schedule things. In any case, I expect I'll start sometime in December and be done in January! :)

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  • jbagley
    jbagley Member Posts: 102
    edited September 2011

    Sorry hemoglobin 9......chemo brain, I was typing that message late last night. This last tx kicked me in the butt. Monday I go for taxol only. Hopefully my levels aren't to low......



    Definitely letting someone else do the cooking for once would be great. I will be in doing rads at that time. I might go to my mothers house, she lives about 2 hours from me, near Bar Harbor, Maine.



    Hopefully, everyone has a great weekend. Hugs

    jennifer

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  • missey29
    missey29 Member Posts: 48
    edited September 2011

    Well, I did the big chop last nite. I was a little emotional and my 11 year old daughter didn't freak out. She just wants the cancer to go away forever and so do I. My DH dropped some not so good news today about his job prospects. Oh yeah didn't I tell you all that he got laid off of his job just two week before my BC diagnosis. But this too shall pass.

    Just venting. We will get through all of this with the Lord's help.Wink Have to smile to keep from cracking up literally.

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  • Grimbol
    Grimbol Member Posts: 326
    edited September 2011

    Hi Missey, my husband was let go from his job of 25 years too, just before my dx and our daughter's wedding!  I guess God's reasoning there was that I would need him around going thru this, which is true.  We are a little older and it has been truned into an early retirement, the really good thing was that our Health Insurance got included too and will extend until age 65,  phew, this could have been really rough with no insurance.  How are you coping with insurance, are you here in US?

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  • missey29
    missey29 Member Posts: 48
    edited September 2011

    Hi Grimbol - Yes, we are in Texas. We do have insurance through my job. They have been great. Just venting with everything snowballing around me.Sealed

    We will survive! He doesn't put anything on us that we cannot handle. 

    Thanks for reading  and responding to my post. 

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  • summergirl1
    summergirl1 Member Posts: 182
    edited September 2011

    Missey29: sorry about your husbands Job but it will work out with Gods help he will get u through this.

    Don't know why but having a very emotional few days if anyone says anything to me I just cry , my poor son today just told me to fix my wig as the hair in the back was a little tangled and I completly lost it and bawled he felt terrible and I feel so bad but its like someone just turned on a switch and the tears wont stop, it also would have been my dear brothers 46th Bday today (he passed away 3yrs ago) and I miss him so much. I hope this is just temporary I am always a very happy person and dont know how to deal with this part at all. :( 

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  • Grimbol
    Grimbol Member Posts: 326
    edited September 2011

    I think it is temporary, I had a few bad days last weekend, and I know a few others have too.  So different to how I usually am, I am crying at silly (and not so silly) things.  I have got better as the week has gone on so hopefully you will too.

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  • Ybrooker1
    Ybrooker1 Member Posts: 41
    edited September 2011

    Hello to all of you August Angels! It's been ages since I've posted here! I can't believe how many Angels have joined our ranks. It has literally taken me a week to catch up with all of the posts! Welcome to everyone....praying that you are all having SE free days. After my 2nd AC treatment, I was so sick and went in to such a state of depression, I couldn't fathom getting on here and seeing that others were suffering with this awful disease and it's nasty SEs.



    I started seeing a therapist because I was not handling any of it as well as I had psyched myself and my family into believing I was. Truthfully, what I discovered in therapy was that the August Angels were actually the strength and hope that were helping me cope.....you were the ones I talked about as being my strongest support group. No one else "gets" it like you guys do.



    I have read through each and every post since I last posted. You guys are remarkable. I've gasped, cried, rejoiced over your triumphs, and literally LOL. I love you guys and you have been the best therapy and medicine i could ever hope for! I promise to read and post often.



    I start my 4DD Taxol on Thursday....praying for minimal SEs!

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  • Vivie
    Vivie Member Posts: 52
    edited September 2011

    Back from the wedding..

     I know ladies , my own mom can't accept the BC truth and the fact that I'm bald now. Halfway the reception , I asked for my scarf.Mom put a hand on my wig , andsaid to not remove it.URGH.I escaped at the pool area - I'm SO comfortable around my cousins and D , my brother.I managed to last through the entire reception bc of breaks often out at the pool island where we'd congegrate for a smoke ( them , I don't smoke ) and drinks and just catch up as everyone is heading to different places in the morning - all cousins live far apart from each other...But as soon as we got the car back from the parking man...I slipped him five euros and got into car..and DITCH.Soaking wet , the underside.

     I also had it looked up , and a VERY close shave plus some moisturizing cream on my topless helped some , I think...although I need to try one of these wig liners...as for my feelings , I've had some "It's not fair" moments bc of my mom's and her sister's old views - they think cancer is a shame , a bald head is a shame..I say , a bald is showing that is FIGHTING for her chance. 

     One of my distant nieces though , got scared w seeing me ditch wig for a short break , and then ditch my CI bc of the too loud music.She probably thinks that anyone wears a wig , also wears an CI too.

     Edyem..yeah , isn't it freaky that we are being treated like children? It's soooooo frustrating.And so out of order.I did lose my temper tonight eventually.We should swap stories sometimes....

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  • JMULL
    JMULL Member Posts: 46
    edited September 2011

    Hi Ladies! Sorry I haven't posted in so long.  After my last treatment (week ago Wed) I was so exhausted.  Plus, I went back to work on Monday and after working all week and going to physical therapy and running my kids all over the world, I crashed every night early.  Up until now I have only been working a day or so a week.  I don't know how all of you who have been working this entire time do it!  AC #3 on Wednesday this week and I am NOT looking forward to the exhaustion that follows.

    I also did the big cut last week.  Friday night I had my DH shave it down to about an inch but couldn't stand that it was still coming out by the handful so on Tuesday he buzzed it down further.  But it hurt!  Today I couldn't take the funky looking stubble that I had so he got out the shaving cream and razor and now I look like Mr. Clean! 

    I found some different ladies we can compare ourselves to other than Sinead O'Connor....Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Cameron Diaz and Brittney Spears all have shaved their heads at some point in time.  Though Brittney was crazy when she did it, so don't know if we would want to compare ourselves to her!

    I would go 'topless' all the time if my head didn't get cold and it didn't freak out my 9 year old. She always asks me if I am going to wear my wig. I don't like wearing them either. They are itchy and I am constantly wondering if it looks ok. To top it off, not everyone at work knows about my situation and I have one long haired wig and one short haired one that I interchange.  One of my co-workers the other day asked me if I was a secret agent with my various disguises. And that's what I feel like with my wigs on....like I am wearing a disguise.

    Vivie - so sorry that you are having such a hard time with your family. It sounds just plain awful. Sending lots of hugs your way. My mom can't even talk about me having bc to people outside my immediate family and that includes her own siblings. She saw me last week at my most exhausted and now doesn't believe me when I tell her I am feeling fine. She thinks I am trying to cover up for her. I don't know how she will react when she sees me without hair.

    To everyone else - sending lots of love and hugs and warm wishes to all of you to have minimal se's. Good luck to everyone having treatment this week. If #3 hits me as hard as #2 it may be a while before I can get back on but know that I am always thinking about all my August Sisters!

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  • edyem
    edyem Member Posts: 38
    edited September 2011

    JMULL - It's funny that you bring up Mr. Clean.  I was shopping for earrings to match a necklace the other day and the sales woman kept showing me hoops.  I finally had to tell her that I would not be wearing hoops with my bald head because I look like Mr. Clean.  Only now, I'm jealous of his eyebrows!

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  • edyem
    edyem Member Posts: 38
    edited September 2011
    Missey - Where in Texas do you live?  I know you said that you wear your wigs, but I can't imagine wearing one as it's been too hot here.  This evening was the first time I even considered it but decided not to after all since we were going to a concert and I was concerned that a hipster's stray cigarette ash would set it ablaze!!
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  • Robyn6463
    Robyn6463 Member Posts: 167
    edited September 2011

    Wow ladies. I'm so glad I'm not the only one that hates my wig. Vivie, I'm so sorry your Mom isn't being as supportive of your comfort as she could be. I lost my Mom to a brain tumor in 1989, just 6 months after she lost her sister to breast cancer. They were both amazingly strong ladies, and I'm laughing because my mother hated her wig too! And she wasn't bothered with style, she wore bandanas, a knit winter hat, or a red baseball cap for most of 18 months. Her wig was for special occasions only. Her sister was just the opposite and had that wig on every second! And their mother was just like yours Vivie. Keep it covered and pretty so everybody else will be comfortable! I laugh, because my bald head makes me very uncomfortable, and I haven't let ANYBODY see it yet. Not my husband, kids...nobody. But I think I would have shown my Mom. Maybe not my grandma, my definitely my Mom!

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  • Madismommy719
    Madismommy719 Member Posts: 781
    edited September 2011

    Welcome stroz and Hi Lele!!!



    Vivie....I'm sorry your family is acting like that! Maryj, I agree....shame on your family!!! You should NOT have to deal with any of that right now and they should support you 100% with how you want to wear your "hair".



    Missey....((((big hugs)))) to you on the big chop. I just did mine Tuesday and it's NOT easy!!! Hopefully you are doing ok!



    Michelle...I think radiation starts pretty quickly after chemo??? I don't need it but was given the indications if I had it would have been a fairly fast transition.



    Flautalee.... Glad to hear tx2 went smoothly!!!! Hope you are feeling good today. I was told to add exercise to my daily life (I've never been into the gym much?) and have been walking atleast a few days a week....hopefully I can add a little more as I go but for now I'm content with my walks. They are also relaxing!!! :)



    Deb.Utah....the steroids from my first tx seemed to give me crazy energy too....I was cleaning, doing laundry, walked 2 miles the mornings after....I hope I experience that again this week with tx2....I have some closets I need cleaned out! :). Hope you are feeling good!!!



    Edyem...I'm sorry this ones been so rough on you.... I have heard it's cumulative, I am NOT looking forward to that at all!!!! Hang in there.... Have you been writing down what foods aren't as bad with that nasty taste??? Mine seems to stem from milk or cream based foods..... Pasta sauce (meat) has still been good and a little bit of spicy....



    Jenn....you seem to be having a tough go at it this time too, I'm sorry!!!! :( and I will hope and pray for you that you can take your daughter trick or treating....I know how important it is for our kids. I've had the same thought myself, what if I can't.... Makes me sad!!! Hang in there!!!!



    Summergirl....I hear ya on the self confidence issues with the hair. Mines shedding like crazy this weekend and as much as I don't like my wigs, I better suck it up and get used to them because I know I'm going to have a hard time out in public in my scarves. I do grocery shop and do dinner out last night with my buzz cut but it's still MY hair.... Ya know?? Not for long... *sigh*

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