Half way point!

It's official, I'm half way through my chemotherapy treatments as of 5pm yesterday.  YAY!!!

My treatment yesterday was extra special, not only because I knew by the end of the day I would be half way through my treatments but I also had a good friend take time out of her day off to come keep me company as I sat through the 6 hour infusion.  Yulia, thank you again for your company and for ALL the special treats; the flowers are beautiful and have brightened up my apartment, the lunch was delicious and I still can't get over the variety of things you picked up but most of all my Christmas ornament--I love it, especially the long eyelashes on that reindeer!

I felt alright right after my treatment and came home feeling tired but was completely wiped out the rest of the evening not even having the energy to remove my makeup or brush my teeth.  I woke up after having slept at least 12 hours and felt better than I've felt after my previous treatments.  Maybe my body is getting used to what chemo can do to me or maybe it's the gross tasting ginseng concoction my parents have forced me to start drinking--thanks to the research by Eastern Medicine, I'm not even sure what the research showed and how it relates to helping cancer patients but I just don't have the energy to fight my parents' insistence!  I did make it clear that I was planning on OK'ing this with my Oncologist before I continued drinking the nasty potion.  All I know is that I have actually been able to sit and not fall asleep today and haven't had as much stomach irritation--I haven't even had to take a Zofran all day!

Even though I'm tolerating my treatments well, I've developed a few more side effects-- the first is Taxotere nails, my nails are turning black--it will likely get worse before it gets better and there may be a chance I can even loose them if things get bad but I'm hoping it won't get to that point.  I've developed some neuropathy as well but it's a bit strange as it only effects one or two toes--don't know what to make of that and neither does my Oncologist.  More worrisome is that I'm getting anemic and had a 4 point drop in my hematocrit acutely.  We'll be watching this but hope I remain asymptomatic and blood counts remain stable.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, I know I will with my parents spoiling me!  Now back to vegging!