Sept 4th, 5th chemo

All is well with my blood counts. Slightly anemic, which is expected. Had a slight bit of neuropathy in my feet with this last round so I’m being better about icing the whole time this round and they’ve given me info on some over the counter things to take to help that but if it gets worse with this round, she may eliminate chemo #6 because it may not be worth this side effect as it can be a long lasting issue. So, we’ll see how it goes.

Showing off my new hat. I forgot one when we left this morning so BJ let me borrow his bandana but when I mentioned it they said they get lots of donated hats so I got to pick a couple. This is one of them 🙂

All in all, things are moving right along. I’m mostly register with the radiology dept downstairs and will get an appt set up for mid October for my first initial appt to discuss treatment plan, which will likely start Oct 19th. I think I have 2 appts before treatment starts unless they combine them into 1. One to talk treatment and the other to get the settings recorded for the radiology treatment. My dentist told me to reach out if it seems like radiation is hitting on the high side so they can get me a mouth guard to protect my teeth. Ah the joys of medical treatments.

But just think, by Christmas I may have some hair back. BJ has generously claimed that the hair he can see growing in now is “ash blond” instead of the grey it actually is. 😁 My reply to that is “that means I can finally get some fun colors into my hair without having to bleach my hair!” Such a good silver lining to age and chemo!

I think that’s all for today.

Happy Labor Day Weekend!