Week 6

Week 6 chemo treatment was yesterday and after a little tweaking of steroids, I am feeling better than previous weeks.  Apparently I was crashing too hard and that is what was making Saturdays so hard.  So now, my Fridays aren't so good, but my Saturdays aren't so bad either.  More even keel yuckiness which is easier to handle. 

I play these games in my mind with the treatment numbers.  Kind of like when you're on a machine at the gym and the percentage complete rolls across the screen.... that's what I have been doing.  I am chunking my treatments into three parts, chemo 1 chemo 2 and then radiation.  I will worry about the other two surgeries as their own parts later.  So, 6 out of 15 treatments is 40%.  That's good.  What's not good is to map it out on a calendar.  I kind of freaked myself out with that one as when mapped all out as I won't be done with chemo until the end of January.  That was kind of hard to swallow that I will go through the upcoming months and holidays on chemo.  I wonder how it will affect Thanksgiving, Christmas and all the holiday parties and activities I usually attend. 

Thank you to my friend Jen who took me to the last 4 chemo treatments, I really appreciate it. She is going back to teaching next week and I am so humbled that she wanted to spend her last month of vacation hauling me to chemo, coming to two docotor appointments, watching my head get shaved and then yesterday helping me pick out a wig.  I love you Jen!

James' actual birthday is Saturday.  This kid has had so many birthday celebrations that I feel like his birthday has already passed.  I can't beleive I have a 5 year old that is going to kindergarten soon!  I will post a birthday posting with some pictures over the weekend.  Have a great one!  James is off to his cousins this weekend for a little fun, Jay is off to the Woodward Dream Cruise in Michigan with my dad and brother, and my mom, Katie and I will be hanging around the house here in OP.  May take a trip to the Farmers Market on Sat morning if I am feeling well enough.  Thank God for my mom and her continued care of me and my family.