Okay, I always knew I hated hot weather but add some drug induced hot flashes on top of that and I am really a wimp...it has been in the 90s here for too many days. It seems like I never cool down but hopefully we will get some relief soon. Bret and Tyler are still working on that crazy shed and the landscaping...4 days of work appears to be turning into 4 weeks of work....
This last week really wore me out...Bret was out of town since last Saturday and it was just such an emotionally draining week to watch my close friend do her first round of chemo, get her port put in, etc. She is pretty overwhelmed with everything but luckily she is at home now recovering from her first round of chemo. My heart just breaks for her...those first days are so overwhelming and she was hit with so much more much faster than I was...I did my best to support her and answer any of her questions but our situations are very different so I have to be careful about that. I think now we have a different bond...it's just different when someone can look at you and say that they understand what you are going thru....I just hope it helps her to not feel alone in this. She has a tough fight ahead of her and I am going to do anything that I can to make that just a little easier if I can.
This week I have another Herceptin treatment...I should also find out if I have been approved for the Zometa treatment...my gut feeling for some reason is that I won't get approved....not sure what that is about. The foobs are fine...sometimes I worry that the one side is leaking VERY SLOW but it's just to darn hard to tell...it just doesn't seem to be sticking out so far into my armpit but maybe it has shifted or maybe I just got used to it being there..the fingernails are a mess...they are just peeling away one by one..that sucks because I have always had such strong nails that grew so fast...I don't know what to do with them at this stage. The hair is still growing and seems to be getting curlier every day. I thought I might have enough to put in a headband yesterday...OMG did it look dumb!! I do not have enough hair for a headband....I am still wearing it in the style that I call the "old man comb-over" but I don't know what else to do...if I push it all back instead of forward I look like Beaker from the Muppets (remember him? crazy red hair all standing straight up!)...that's a look I always was afraid of when I would think about cutting my hair short...now I can have it...great....anyway, I am just thankful every single day for the hair that I do have!!
I am working with my friend Vicki to put together a team for the Komen Race for the Cure in September...the race will be exactly one year from the day that I was diagnosed. This will be my first "cancer event" so I know it will be emotional but I also want to do anything I can to help find a cure...so far we have over 20 people interested in joinging Team Ta-Ta's so I am very excited about that! It should be an awesome day.
Well, enough for now...stay cool!!
1 comment:
How lucky for your friend that you are there for her!! You are probably re-living a few overwhelming moments as you see her going through them. I hope it doesn't stress you out too much. You are now healthy and your body is done with cancer.
Take care,
Libby
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