Last Chemo

Last chemo Placitaxol... drips in

Kate and me at the last one

I am ready to sleep any second now... but on a bit of a buzz with the chemo bit under the belt at last.... it's been a fast 6 months!!!

The weekly taxols have been having their toll on me... and I know I will be sleeping tomorrow... it seems to have been accumulative... and last week I had a neulasta to top it off I was in quite a fog of pain, with some very frightening chest pains...4 hourly panadol has been my best friend...but my neutrophils were great today so the neulasta did its job, and I was able to get all of the chemo treatments done with minimal SEs
so..... after 4 x 3 weekly FAC where I lost my hair but my nails were great.... then 12 x weekly taxols where I have felt the roller coaster getting faster and faster with less reality gap in the middle I can see the end in sight... my hair started growing back while on Taxol, but my nails all broke...and my veins are still doing well... amazing with all of the blood and infusions I have had with only one arm/hand to use.

Blood tests were done a few weeks ago for diabetes and cholesterol... onc was concerned about sugar levels... I guess fruit tingles do have a SE... but my fasting test was fine... but oops... eating ice cream and chocolate, and baking with butter has not been good for my cholesterol... so making a concerted effort to cut out these things and get a bit more exercise... walking half an hour each week... have lost a couple of kilos already... considering I put on about 15 kgs this is a very good thing... also looking to take up zumba, and hopefully some gym work.

On Monday I was marked up for my rads which will start on Nov 9th and go till the week before Christmas.. I am so glad DH has been holding my hand every step... he mentioned how many weeks I was getting on different bits... I had no recollection... he even knows the grade?? of the radiation...

Now I can try and get my head around a crazy weekend... starting with my sister's graduation, and a morning at the races on Friday... then the gtg on saturday... and back to the Shannon's on Sunday (they will have to make do without me on Saturday)