Chemo Fun!

I love these ladies! Obviously one is my actual sister (maybe not obviously to all of you, she's behind me) and the other 2 are like sisters to me. They are our friends from Texas and it's wonderful to still be such good friends after 30 years!  We can go months-years without seeing each other and pick up right where we left off.

We may have been a little loud in the infusion room at times, which is why I'm glad we had Cyd for my nurse today. She's a bit of a fun, Park City, outdoorsy, let things slide kind of gal. She even stopped and joined in some of our awesome conversations! And added to them well :)

It's funny how fast the time went since we were all there together, catching up and having fun. We ate some Crown Burger and some cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. And it seemed to be over too soon. I honestly didn't even realized they were switching my chemo IVs. 

TWO MORE CHEMO TREATMENTS TO GO!!

Skin!

Taxol (my current chemo) is not a friend to my skin. You may not be able to tell from the picture, but the backs of my hands are on fire! They are so, so dry and they actually feel hot! Then there are the rashes on my arms, cute. Oh, and the split skin on my fingers. That feels good, especially when cooking and things get in there and make it sting. I bet you also like the black poison marks in my nails. 

I need some really good hand moisturizer! And I need for chemo to be done so that my skin can heal.

Another Chemo Day Done!

Today was a regular old chemo day. I decided to go by myself today. Sometimes it's just nice to sit and watch Netflix. 

I've been feeling pretty tired most of the time. Plus I've had bad sinus problems, that doesn't help. My feet are numb a lot of the time (neuropathy). But, I ONLY HAVE 3 MORE CHEMO TREATMENTS!!

Next week is my last long one and I have my friends/sisters from Texas coming to hang out for the day. I can't wait!

I was handed my schedule for the upcoming month. Looks like another heart echo and a mammogram. I'll be interested to see what the mammogram shows. I was absolutely able to feel a large tumor when this started and right now it's gone! I can't feel it and the doctors can't either. Apparently this chemo is working!!

I was also told which radiology oncologist they are recommending for radiation. They found someone at the hospital in Provo. His name is Dr. Clark. It's going to be so much more convenient to drive to Provo. I should be seeing him within the next couple of weeks but radiation won't start until around the end of June.

Surgery Scheduled (for real this time)

I receieved a call from my surgeons' office this morning and they said I'm officially on the surgical schedule for Monday, June 1st. I'm nervous about the 8-10 hr surgery and the 6 week recovery, but I think I'm much more nervous about leaving my kids during the 5 day hospital stay!! Maybe I should have accepted the anxiety meds that I was offered...

Hair & Taxol

So, Taxol has been a little weird in the hair department. With the AC my hair was just falling out in clumps, but a few hairs remained. And with the AC my eyelashes and eyebrows stuck around for the most part.

Now that I've been on Taxol, I see the hair that didn't fall out with the AC has started to grow. I don't think the rest is starting to grow in yet though. But my poor eyebrows and eyelashes seem to have all but gone. And again, I'm terrible with make-up! To draw them on just looks awful sometimes.

Five more Taxol treatments and chemo will be DONE!  I was told that my hair may stay a little thin during the year that I'm taking the antibody called Perjeta. But I hope it all comes back quickly! In the meantime, I'll stick with the wigs and scarves.