I was able to go ahead with treatment today, so as my dear sister pointed out, I am now 25 percent done with my treatments! Now, I just need to weather the after-effects of said treatment. Hopefully it will be as manageable as last time, but only time will tell. We told Dinah and Djuna…

I’m scheduled for my second round of chemo tomorrow. Hopefully today’s blood work came out OK; I feel like I have a little cold, and hopefully that hasn’t impacted my white blood cell count, or they will postpone my treatment. Yesterday, I asked the doctor for better anti-nausea medication. The one I took last time…

It was a difficult day emotionally, but I feel great physically. I went to my dance class on Monday night and did the whole class, without holding back at all. I walked to the library yesterday evening with the girls, and I have a great appetite. At work today I had to tell my newspaper…

Friday and Saturday were pretty much a wash. The nausea got the better of me, starting on Friday morning until about Saturday afternoon. The anti-nausea medication did help, but I think I need to anticipate when it will wear off and take it just before it does. Anyway, I’ll get the hang of it. The…

One round of chemo down, seven to go! Now, I just have to get through the weekend. I was in the doctor’s office receiving treatment today for about 2 hours. They gave me anti-nausea medication in the IV first, then they gave me two different chemo drugs. Basically, you just sit in a giant recliner…

Djuna on the left, Dinah on the right, both sporting new spring haircuts!

So, here’s a little more detail about my treatment. Shrinking the tumor first through chemotherapy is a newer type of treatment that has evolved over the last few years. It gives my surgeon the opportunity to do the best surgery possible because she’ll be able to get wide margins around the tumor, thereby reducing the…

A few people have asked me whether I’m going to have a way to keep people informed about how things are going. I don’t know if this is the perfect solution, but I thought I’d try it for now. The current plan is to do chemotherapy first to shrink the tumor and then to do…