Way better than expected

Sorry for the radio silence during the week of treatment- I was feeling good and waiting for the other shoe to drop- but it never did. Most of the worst symptoms of the cisplatin never appeared- most notably the nausea- I had a day a a half of profound fatigue (in bed for one of them) and then started recovering more strength each day and today am feeling just fine. Had some stomach discomfort (they do call this a chemo bath) but it was quite tolerable. I have one more treatment of IP taxol tomorrow and then the dreaded neulasta shot (for my white blood count) on Tuesday. The shot usually makes me pretty cranky for the next two days with joint and bone pain. I am considering more pharmaceuticals this time around since the advil hasn't been doing the trick. Then I have 12 days off til the next round. If you are keeping score, that would be one down and 5 rounds to go. We can do this!

I have my eye on a trip to Chicago on Thursday if I'm feeling up to it.....won't know until the last minute. Today is a glorious fall day- the sun radiating the colors in the trees. We are anticipating black and gold action later today.

I will be relieved to have gotten through one of these new treatment cycles so I can know what to expect and plan accordingly. The uncertainty is the hardest to deal with. All in all, the news is good and I'm declaring victory over cisplatin!