I had a great day at chemo today! As most of you know I am happiest when I am connecting with great people and today was no exception! Our Home Depot Ladies, Tammy and Christine, were at chemo today a half an hour earlier than us so we were able to sit in a corner of the room together and have a "party"as the nurses lovingly tease us! :) Tammy is on a journey of fighting Ovarian andUteran cancer. She has had a set back which put her in the hospital and a week off of chemo. But it gave us a chance to now be on the same schedule for next chemo treatment. I have made a connection with Tammy the instant I met her months ago and we had a wonderful time talking through issues and desires of what we need at this time in our treatment. I can tell we may find a way to create a coffee group of "younger" patients and their caregivers because that is one thing we are not finding and is needed! This idea comes at a time with a friend of mine has connected me to another Wauconda cancer survivor with young children who is seeking out others in the similar situation. This has been such a strong sign from God as He puts so many things into place for me.
The Taxal is working because I am on my way to miserable. I have been drowsy all day from the high dose of steroids, Benadryl and al lthe other parts of the cocktail they give me. I am on the couch relaxing and trying to allow my body to go through all it needs to go through to get these toxins to work and then leave my body.
Today was also interesting because a sign was given to me when I got into the examination room: there were ladybugs in the window. To go back to where this story starts we have to go back to the dayKatelynn was born and I was wheeled into my room from recovery. As we got in we saw that there was hundreds of lady bugs all over one wall and windows of the room. Housekeeping and Keith vacuumed the majority up but we had a laugh over this and found it to be a sign of luck because her birth was less than easy and in the end we were all happy and healthy. Her baby book is full of ladybug stickers to remind us always... so then we go into the room and see this today and I really saw it as a beautiful reminder and sign telling me all was going to be fine.
Dr. Chung tenatively went over all I could expect in 6 weeks when I COMPLETE chemo and move on the phase of surgery. She was so helpful to tell me typical scenarios (knowing each situation is different) I could expect to do and deal with as I get to that phase of the journey. It will be bitter sweet on May 13th because I will have spent the last 6 months in this office working with all these lovely ladies! The staff are all my angels as they have been there for me each step of the way! I am hoping to find a way to thank them on that day in some way!
It will be an achy weekend and beginning of the week because I will have to take more steroids than before to ward off other reactions to this toxin. It will be rough but it will give me another 2 and a half weeks of feeling "good" and having energy! I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and if you are finishing spring break please travel safe! Love to all!
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