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 Hey Friends, Not much to write about today, but thought I'd offer an update for those following along. In my last post I talked about being able to do my final round of chemo without Lapelga. Well, it seems to have worked!!  Chemo is still hard, and my body knows this, but it this round has been sooo much better than the rounds 2 and 3. I've still had some small side effects but definitely nothing unbearable at all. A bit of stomach upset, a bit of fatigue on and off, and some continuing bone pain seems to sum up my first week of this round. I've added in something new the last couple of days with some pretty wicked heartburn, but this too shall pass.  I am just entering into what (in my head) I am calling my Death Valley phase, lol. This is the period, seems to be 10 to 12 days where chemo tries really hard to eat me alive from the inside out. Every cell seems to get a little bit dryer by the day. As dry as the desert in Death Valley, haha. So I am back in full force of...

Hi friends...... Today is a REALLY GOOD DAY!!! I have been a bit down about my upcoming final round of chemo. I've written about it before, and in more detail in my last blog post, but each round gets a bit harder and each round I get a little bit more scared of the Lapelga injection that follows each infusion.  The purpose of this injection is to 'boost' your white blood cell count back up fairly quickly before the following round. So, I thought......what if I didn't have to take it for the final round, and just let my blood recover on it's own, with no rush to do it all over again?  Well, today was my pre-chemo appointment with my oncologist. Well, I didn't actually get to see my own oncologist, but I did get to see her resident in training and she told me that I could skip the Lapelga injection if I wanted to!!!!! Whooo hooooo!!! Best Day Ever!!!! This may seem like a little thing, but it is HUGE to me!! And such an overwhelmingly huge relief that I am actual...

 Hey friends, Thanks for coming back, haha, I feel like my posts are getting boring but I have a few things rolling around in my head so here I am again! Aren't you lucky!?!? :) I am sooooo close to being done chemo. I have this rolling marquis in my head that says only one more, only one more, only one more. Round 3 was a struggle, not going to lie about that. By Sunday I was pretty confidently saying "I'm good, I don't want to do round 4 anymore, 3 is enough". But alas, here we are, awaiting round 4, and saying only one more. Final infusion is Wednesday Mar 23.  I thought I'd post a few updates on things that happen during treatment, as I am pretty immersed in it all at the moment. But first, I want to way a big WTF to Hollywood. WTF, Hollywood??? Hahaha. I started watching New Amsterdam on the weekend (when I really didn't want to get out of bed for much). I am really NOT a big tv watcher. We have terrible internet, no cable, and there are just so many ...

Hey Friends,  Today is Chemo Round 3!! Super excited!! Actually that isn't even sarcasm. Today I feel like it is just time to get this over with! Can we do round 4 at the same time? Puhlease!?!  The good news is that Round 2 overall went really really well. Other than my rough days on days 3 and 4, and some minor bone pain after that, I haven't really had any complaints. Taste buds were an issue for 10 or 12 days, but I'm mostly over that. Food just sucks, but I keep on eating! Fingers EXTRA crossed today that that doesn't happen again, but I'm resigned to deal with it if it does. Thankfully no hives this round! Woot Woot! Seriously, let's just get this over with. I now know that I will see my radiation oncologist on April 19. At this point it is only a referral, because that is just the next step. I am really in a grey area as to whether or not I actually need it, and am really hoping I can skip that step, but I'll go and chat, and be a good patient.  On an...