Seventh Treatment

Over half-way finished with this last course of Chemo!  Admittedly, I was under the impression that I had only four left to go after yesterday, but a quick look shows that I got a bit ahead of myself and have five left to go, but still that is way less than 12!  (Or 20! - which is where I started.)  Woo hoo!  So far, I have not had to put off a one in this course and that is awesome, but Chemo is cumulative and so these coming weeks are probably the more critical ones for keeping my numbers looking good...I am going to try and consume plenty of iron and protein, and stay healthy!

My MRI, however, is only two weeks away.  Which, I believe is what they will be basing the surgery strategy off of, so if you get a chance, please pray for great results.  Complete response.  Complete response.  Complete response.  Complete response.  Complete response.  Complete response.  (Actually, I am not sure they can determine the complete response thing till after the surgery, but it would still be incredibly awesome and a huge relief if this step showed that there was nothing to see!)

My Chemo buddies yesterday were (as always) my husband, Matthew, Jenny Rybarczyk, and new-comer - Bill Berrall.  I am not sure Bill Berrall should have come - it is hard on a father to see his daughter hooked up to toxic chemicals, but I hope, Pop, that we showed you that it's not so bad, either...at least for me.  I know there are plenty of others out there going through more horrendous things, so sitting in a chair for a few hours doesn't seem so bad.  It doesn't hurt.  It doesn't make me feel ill.  (Okay, the Benadryl in the pre-drugs causes me to get a bit inebriated, but lots of people sign up for that particular side-effect in their weekend free-time, so that's not so bad either.)  And, I get to spend time with good people!  That's the best part about it!

Now...if only we could tell the weather to stop making it snow or -20 on Mondays, that would be a big bonus!