March 2012 chemo

Alice - lol!!  The truth and nothing but the truth!

baldeagle - good to see you - I don't want to think about rads yet either.

KCB -  you are the second person I have seen in as many days to recommend that movie!  Glad you enjoyed it.

Indigo - wahoo on no Nuelasta!

Love - booooo on the port but wahoo on last TX!

Kim - yay that your dad is out of ICU - great news - best wishes for a continued recovery.  Hope you can skip out of work early.

lost - I have decided to carry my wig in my purse to use as needed on vacay, lol!  and on the shopping - I had to go BACK to town last night after all that.  I underestimated the size of oldest DD's feet - she wears the same size shoe as me now - so I had to exchange her shoes.  Then I decided a black sun hat wasn't the best idea in the heat and returned it for a lighter/straw one.

must.pack.soon.

Have a great day everyone!

Indigo - hope the day went better and you have a better night.

Sissy - glad you are doing ok on the Taxol!  I have some stubble that is growing out on my head - like down the center.  But everything I read on regrowth seems to say "soft" and this is just stubbly stubble. I think some of mine just never quit growing.

Can I be sappy for a minute?  I distinctly remember sitting at my kitchen table with my mom while DH and my dad were in the kitchen and we were all kind of discussing the plan after my first BS appt on Feb 22nd.  I was feeling slightly better and less terrified about things at that point but still of course very apprehensive.  Then my youngest - out of the blue - wandered in and said "so where are we going for vacation this summer?" and I just nearly lost it, thinking that my life as I knew it was over and I couldn't even process the question.  I remember meeting my mom's eye and her just saying something along the lines of we don't know and shooing her away.

And now I am halfway through chemo and we are getting ready to go on our family vacation.  And I am feeling pretty darn good.  I know I have a long way to go but I am so grateful to be here from where I was.

Ring the bell...just finished last TCH!!! Feels great...now on to herceptin for a year. About 10 days of feeling like crap then on the road to recovery!



For those of you still going with chemo just know that you will make it to the last one and you will start feeling good!!



Now I can start thinking and worrying about my hair.

Love- woohoo on ringing that bell!

Love, yay for ringing the bell! Are you making apple crisp to celebrate? ;-)

Love

Congrats on your last chemo!!  Speaking of hair, 6 weeks PFC and I have all over fuzz that stands straight up like static, pretty much all white, same with the underarm hair.  Not great but I guess its at least growing.  I have taken two pics a week apart and will continue to do so just to show myself that's something is in fact growing. 

MLB -hair is hair fuzz or not!  WOOHOO!

Thanks everyone! I was ready to give up after 4 but i'm glad i stuck it out.



Now im craving apple crisp! i will definitely use the microwave recipe...dont need to set my kitchen on fire again!



I had my 4th chemo a day early and my 5th 4 days late and i had stubble start to grow in. Im totally expecting to be wearing my wig for a long time because i look like a boy with short hair. I have loved not shaving my armpits so i might get the laser treatments on them...as long as it doesnt cause the dreaded lymphedema.



Also...my second muga that i had three weeks ago was exactly the same as my baseline so yay for that! I have only ever had slight anemia with my blood levels. My port was my biggest issue throughout the last 4 months. For the next week I have to 'pack' the incision with this silver felt stuff. They cant stitch it if they suspect infection. I could go get it done at the hospital but the parking charges are getting a bit redic...Im going to get my mom to do it. Hopefully she can get it stuffed in there without getting nauseous!! Im going to have so many scars by the time this is over!

Myleftboob was the first to finish. I didnt lose all my hair either...stubble all over and it has grown throughout treatment.

KCB- hope you start feeling better quickly. I'm not liking the nail thing either!

Oh... And Ice Cream!!! So, so very good...

Hugs to all. Hanging in there together is so much better than hanging in by myself. Thank you all.

Good Morning All!

Try not to laugh but..I found a hair on my leg!  Sad that this is exciting isn't it? It gives me hope that the head hair will be growing soon.

Lostinmo: not laughing... But I never have lost all the hair from my head; it's at a #2 buzz and though from a distance I am totally bald, up close there is fuzz. AS there is in my legs! I haven't bothered to deal with the hair there since beginning chemo, and of course it has hung on as well (not entirely, but it's certainly not smooth and hairless). I guess we'll see what taxotere will bring on in that department.

Hang in there TrailGirl! ((((HUGS))))