For those starting chemo in June

Pain not as bad today. I live in South GA and have been without power most of the day. I came over to my daughter's because I am looking after her animals while she is away at the UT football game with my oldest son. Her power and cable also went off for a while, but the power is back on. The cable is still off. I have a small black and white TV with an antenna going keeping up with the news. It's strange. The wind blew a little hard for a short while and it rained in buckets for a few minutes, but nothing that you would think would knock out the power for miles around. They say it will get worse tonight. I have candles ready. I can't imagine what Florida is going through. We are only experiencing a little bit of Frances here. We have tornado and flood watches mostly.

Ugh! I think a truck hit me! I had my first Taxotere on Thursday and I ache all over. I feel restless, like I can't sit still. Hopefully like the others said it will only last 3-5 days. I can handle that -I think! It is our 24th wedding anniversary too, so much for a romantic night. Going to a picnic today- although I don't know what I'll eat because food tastes awful. I'm dreaming of PIZZA and chocolate chip cookies.

Happy Anniversary rlswknd!!!Hope you felt like doing something grand.Mary

Janie,LOL, Thats sooo funny and true. I have great news. I thought I had to get 12 treatments weekly but my onc. was back today and hes been pushing the envelope and I only have to get 8. Hes given me a little more meds. so I get to go on to rads. after 2 more treatments. Hes going to give me a good rest after. I will start rads in Oct. the second week I think.Usually you start the next week but my counts have been a little low because of the amount of Tax. I have been getting so I get a rest. "the taste of food ahhhhh" no more body pain its all comming back to me now.To live like a human being again. WELL, after my eye brows and funky, mangy lashes grow back. You know what? one eye the lashes are almost gone 3/4 are gone and that looks nappy but the other eye only a few here and there are gone. I look like something from the exercest!!!my head isn't all the way bald but close.well loopy as heck and hungry, I have a few taste buds on Tue. so I better get me some take out. Forgot to plug the CrockPot in today to cook the bbq ribs. Imagine that! my husband should have checked the kitchen before we left just in case I decided to randomly out of the blue cook in the crock pot today and not plug it in. Then when we got home he had the nerve to ask If I wanted to plug it in before we left.Now I had steroids surging through my blood like the colorado river and the benadryl was trying to bring me down. I had one nappy eye open and I proceded to tell him what he could do with the ribs "I" had forgotten to plug in and he should of known about and just did it for me.Now I have to get take out.He is going to ask the onc. nurse how to achieve the same affects of restful sleep with over the counter benadryl for me. Sometimes he needs to know when to shut up. You know.hugs Mary

Janie, Good luck and be careful my husband and I like to get in the car and go for drives and we did this when we moved to Fla. We just drove through the country and wound up at a chicken farm in the Okeefenokee Swamp. We stopped to ask directions as we were lost on a one lane road for 3 hours and there were spots we didn't think we would make it through in a little Pontiac Grand Am. The man we asked said he could not believe we made it through and we were lucky as rain was on the way and we would of never gotten out of there then. We were kinda a legends in his family. A car full of kids in the Okeefenokee. Hugs ,Mary

Hi all, Hope Janie gets to and from o.k. Let us know. PJB, my mouth is better I am using the biotene. It normally gets better toward next treatment so we will find out in a few days but I think its helping.I am home from work but have to go back for a while and don't feel like it. The steroids had me up all night and now I am really low and need sleep. We are leaving for Phoenix Az. Nov the 5th to the 8th. for the nascar race and visit my daughter. Hope I have enough energy. I will go and I don't have to do anything but I will want to. I always feel so much better there and no humidity, no cold weather and sun everyday. Its cloudy all winter in Il.So many people are depressed cause the darn sun never shines unless its below zero and a foot of snow and a windchill factor of 20 below.I bet the sun isn't out 20 days tatal in winter and thats nov. to march then we get storms and rain until may.Well back to work girls have a good day. Hugs, Mary

PJB, Called my sister today to check on mam. She told me she had it done and saw a cancer Dr. and its nothing. Frankly I don't believe she did. I am going to talk to her husband.Thats hard to do as he works nights at the prison but somehow I am going to get in touch with him. Maybe she did but its awful fast to get results and apt. for specialest in a couple days. She wants me off her back.My other sister is also going to call and try to find out if its true. She said the Dr. said if she had cancer her breast would be swelling. If she saw one hes a quack. Hugs, Mary

Good Morning Girls,Gotta go to work. I don't know why my sister is like she is but she just don't want to deal with anything bad.She thinks everything will go away. My other sister went right in and got checked.She may have to deal with death and thats no fun.Shes a very nervous person.I bet her nerves will react if she hears the word cancer and aggressive in the same sentence.I will try to talk to her husband and thats all I can do. Can't help but worry.I slept all evening and night. I was exausted but I didn't sleep all night Tue. night from the steroids so I caught up. I never feel as If I sleep good and rested though.I only woke up about 4 times which is good. I am usually up every hour.I get jerking in my legs at night on treatment night and sometimes the next night. My muscles jerk and it kinda hurts but goes away. I seem to get knee and calf pain off and on a lot. Then I get random pains in my muscles here and there in my shoulder, back, kidneys etc. Well better get ready for work. I have to go to Grandparents day tomorrow with my grandson.Fri. afternoon I usually feel kinda bad but I should be home by noon.Can't miss this.He once told his preschool teacher his grandpa let him run with sharp objects and His grandpa wrestled an alligator and tore the head off a snake with his hands.Hes in 2nd grade now.Hes the one that stays with me a lot and cleans my house and takes care of me.He says I have too much clutter in my house.From the mouths of babes.Hugs and have a good day girls, Mary

Renee, sure hope you get to feeling better or at least having some good days. I had it bad with the A/C so the Taxol is so much better. PJB, I would love to have a Lance Bracelet.I know theres a charge that goes to cancer and just let me know how much. Gosh, your boss sounds great and its such a caring thing to do for you. You must be a pretty special person to have such great friends and co-workers. I have to try to put on eyeliner tomorrow cause my lashes aren't all the way gone and they look sooo funky. I am not even going down the eyebrow road. I will wear my do-rag and ball cap.I pull my cap down and you can't see my eyes very well. Can I get by with that in school? I will get sent to the principal right off the bat.You know Lee hasn't checked in for some time and I hope shes doing o.k.Home for a while and back to work.Later girls, Mary

Good Morning, I hear ya Janie on day 3. Today is day 3 for me and I didn't work because I am tired and hurting. I haven't had any numbness. I get stiff fingers and they hurt.My leg muscles hurt bad lately. They hurt like I am sooo out of shape and have been exercising. By the time I get up my stairs my muscles ache and feel weak.My ribs even hurt today.I hate feeling so exausted so much.I never realized how good I use to feel.2 more left.I was getting the A/c on Tue. so I would feel good by the wk. end now I need to get treatment on Fri. so I feel good on the wk. end. Oh well. 2 more wk. ends left.Later, Mary