Has it been two treatments already?

Wow. How times flies. Let's see where I am in the continuing saga. I document everything in my iphone (you really should get one) because I truly have a very bad case of chemo brain. My thoughts leave my head before I get a chance to think them through! It is very frustrating and I hate it. So.. let's see what the iphone tells us. I feel like I am about to look into a crystal ball!
Treatment #9 of Taxol, Friday, June 5th I met a new prisoner friend. He was from Oshkosh and has colon cancer. He is doing well. Treatment was uneventful and after 7 hours I was home. I didn't want to sleep so I worked in garden for and hour or so then got cleaned up for the big night. Andrei has his 8th grade Farewell Dance at school and there was a party before hand that the parents were invited to. Andrei's best friend Mike Vernio was here and the boys got all cleaned up and dressed. I was so proud of them both! They looked so grown-up (can you tell I am a mom who is wondering where the years went?) and handsome!!! WOW! Like little men who want to impress the ladies, we all piled into the fun car and off to the festivities we went. The weather was gorgeous and a perfect night to have the top down on the car.

After this treatment and for the next treatment (Taxol #10 on June 12), I am really, really tired. I didn't think I would get treatment #10. My white blood count was lower than when I was red flagged last time. Because I basically went a week where I didn't eat much and slept most of it, I thought I would get bounced. Much to my surprise, my WBC more than doubled! Go figure. Maybe it is sleep and not hershey candy bars that increase your count. I think I should start a clinical study. I'll email Hershey and see if they will sponsor it : )

Though I am really tired and should sleep, I hate to nap because I always think I should be doing something else, but sometimes I just have to close my eyes. I haven't been eating a lot since I now have stomach issues. I drink a lot of water to make the hunger feeling go away. When I do eat, I end up in the bathroom within the hour. Eating isn't much fun and not worth the after effects. Besides my stomach not liking the food, my taste buds are just about shot. Even water is starting to taste icky. Thank God I can taste ice cream!!! (Thank you Spook and family for the DQ ice cream sandwiches!!!) I'm not losing weight - must be all that water intake. I have been dealing with headaches again that don't seem to want to go away. The hot flashes have been brutal. They come in clusters. Sometimes every 30 minutes and they can last for 5 minutes. Though they are an "inconvenience" they are a sign that my estrogen is dropping. This is good since it is that hormone that has made the cancer so aggressive. No estrogen, no cancer. Works for me. Besides, I think I look pretty good with that 'glow'! even if it is sweat. I have been feeling the sensations of neuropathy more and more. But the tingling feelings are never where I was told they would be. It can be a wierd feeling to have the tinglies migrating around your legs and arms.

Two more treatments of Taxol to go then I start every three weeks for the next 8 or 9 months. Somewhere in there is radiation too. It's hard to believe that I have been in chemo since February and fighting cancer since January. Time flies when you sleep your day away.