3 out of 4

I’m 4 days out from the 3rd chemo. 3 out of the 4 big ones are done. Whew. It’s again a little worse—in terms of the fatigue—but I knew that would be the case.

Mom was in town for a long weekend—it was so incredibly great to see her. We had brunch with Beth’s parents Saturday morning (LOVED Judy’s coffee cake!). Saturday night was the cookout—planned so mom could also meet some amazing people. And wow did she. I had no idea that the turn out would be so great. I wasn’t involved in the RSVPs, so I didn’t realize who was coming. I’m glad that I was still on a steroid-induced energy high so I could enjoy it all. Mom did too—as did everyone (I hope). I still cannot believe how friends can make such an impact. Knowing people are out there that care is enough to get me through the next couple of down days. You guys ROCK!

This past treatment went A-OK. I still get a little feeling in my chest going in—can’t quite explain it, but it is sort of a negative association deal. I have it much stronger right after chemo (ie. NOW), but it does subside before the next one. I hope that trend continues. After the 4th of these big ones, I’ll get 3 weeks off before we change over to the Taxol and Herceptin. The Taxol is a breast cancer-specific chemo drug and the Herceptin is actually an antibody. It’s geared to attack proteins that are on the surface of the cancer cells. So I’ll be down to 1 chemo drug instead of 3 each treatment, but I’ll get to go in every week. I’m hoping that the side effects—as predicted—will be less severe, else it’s likely to be a long 12 weeks.

OK. Maybe not much of an update, but the brain is doing its usual slow down. I’ll try and get something up here again soon…