Chemo infusions: 8 down, 2 to go?!!
Treatment #8 on Tuesday was hilarious because my friend Gina was in town to accompany me. I talked so much and laughed so hard during the 3 days she was here that I am trying to rest my voice so my throat can recover! I turned 36 on Tuesday and I know firsthand now how good a birthday feels after a cancer diagnosis; it was a privilege to celebrate it with my loving family.
Same old symptoms this week as last. The neuropathy is still mild but not ever letting up and continuing to progress. I'm having trouble gripping things, separating papers, opening packaging etc… In light of this, my chemo dose is being lowered by another 20% for next week, March 1st, and the week following that. My oncologist in Lawrence feels like stopping at 10 treatments is probably the best course of action to avoid the neuropathy becoming permanent and that doing only 10 treatments instead of the original 12 planned won't compromise my outcome. It looks like my last treatment may very well be the week of March 7th! If this is the case, reconstruction efforts will pick back up in April and I'll most likely have another surgery in May or June.
We have been dealing with this cancer nonsense since October and having the end of chemo in sight is a huge relief.
I am more than ready to move on, but always keep in mind (when I'm reflecting on what we've been through and what is still to come) this line from Ralph Waldo Emerson "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
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