This was a rough week. The side effects are building each week and I hit a wall after last week's chemo. I was queasy, horribly exhausted, my hands and feet were numb and painful, and I just was feeling sorry for myself. I reached out to three of my breast cancer survivor friends, just wanting them to tell me it gets better! And all three were wonderful and reassured me that yes, life *would* get better. :)
OT has been really helpful, though the cording is quite persistent.
Today my friend Rachel was my chemo companion. We had a wonderful lunch at Cafe Corazon (my first time there), and had a great time catching up for the first time in years.
Labs still fine:
Platelets: 96 thou/mcL
WBC: 2.5 thou/mcL
Abs. neut: 1.6 thou/mcL
Hemoglobin 9.7 gm/dL
Abs. neut: 1.6 thou/mcL
Hemoglobin 9.7 gm/dL
Next week will (hopefully) be my last chemo, and I also meet with the Radiation Oncologist to discuss starting radiation. Dr. Shah said I'll have 3-4 weeks off before I start, so with any luck, I'll be done with radiation by October. Moving along...
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