Friday, June 17, 2011

5 Down

Yesterday was my FIFTH treatment of Taxol.  I have SEVEN more treatments on a WEEKLY basis assuming my body continues to cooperate (and then I move on to the next drug).  My white blood cell counts were back up in the more comfortable range yesterday, so I was quite happy about that.

I impressed my "hospitality nurse" John (there are nurses who get your vitals and get you settled, and then there is the nurse who actually pokes you, draws blood and gives you your drugs) with my iCancer App on my iPhone.  I can track all of my vitals at every appointment, and then it makes cool graphs like these:












(My Mom, who was balancing her checkbook with her solar-powered calculator, pencil and register was also impressed by this technology!)

The hair loss continues, and I think annoyance + noticeable baldness > vanity at this point.

Here is a photo of what it looks like if I run my fingers through my hair (and, honestly, this was not at its worst....because I have less hair now....):



And here are two shots of me this morning:

(Sorry...I tried to rotate these but can't get cooperation from my computer.  
It is not doing what I'm telling it to do!!!!)

So, this Sunday we are shaving my hair.  I'm still not sure if we'll do it at a salon or at home with O's clippers but I definitely want him to be a part of the experience so it's not super shocking to him.  He's managed to roll with the punches so far but I like to tell him what's going on and, when appropriate, have him participate.  The oncology nurse even offered to let me bring O for a session if I thought it would be helpful to him...as I think about it, though, I don't think it would be particularly helpful given O's age.  He doesn't need to see me poked and prodded and have blood drawn, and get dopey from the Benadryl...

In other news

I have managed to continue to get up every morning and get my walks in early.  Today was the toughest, and my walk was a bit shorter than other days...but hey, I took this picture:


And, of course, on Thursdays I still prefer to do my yoga / stretching / weights video in the house.  I don't know why, but I feel like it centers me for my day of chemo fun ahead.

Have a great weekend everyone, and Happy Father's Day to all you Daddies!!!!

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