Quick Catch Up and All Sorts of GOOD THINGS

I’m having a great day. A super awesome, frabjous day! I have not slain any jabberwockies sadly, but I am feeling really good and that only comes around so often lately. I got the super cute haircut of my dreams. Triple Huzzah! I called at the last minute this morning and had never even been …

Too Many Drugs Or What Happened to Saturday

The song going through my head for the past couple of days now is that Violent Femmes song with the “too many drugs line” in it which just about sums up the past weekend. I was not eligible for chemo on Friday (white blood cell count too low) and ended up with just a fifth …

Why “It Can’t Be as Bad as Last Time” Does Not Make a Good Mantra

I knew this wasn’t a good mantra going into my second round of chemo. Totally, totally knew that this was the wrong thing to think. But I couldn’t help it. “It can’t be as bad as last time,” just rolled around and around in my head like the puffing of the Little Engine That Could. …

Live Blogging From the Chemo Suite

Internet working in chemo suite today. Last time signal was dodgy. I know how much you all want to be right here where the fun never ends. 🙂 Getting pre-chemo drip soon. Benedryl (sp?) to make me nice and sleepy. Today we FINALLY remember to pre-lidocaine my port and it went SO much better when …