Last Day of Taxotere

Hooray, I made it through 12 treatments of Taxotere and I am so happy it is over. One of my treatment buddies Nora, was there for her Herceptin treatment and she said it only took a couple weeks till she felt lots better and within the month she was 100%. I hope I am as lucky. She said the metal taste was pretty much out of her mouth in 2-3 weeks so maybe there is hope. We compared hair and she has been off chemo for a month and a half and I still had twice as much hair. Mine is really coming in thick and is salt and pepper gray. Anyway it is a day to celebrate and I am happy. Seems like my hair is coming in a lot thicker than it was. I hope so. I spoke with one lady, Lila who is on her third trip down the chemo path ( she is 70 and diagnosed 5 years ago with stage 4 breast cancer) and she said the first time, her hair came back in blond and curly, second time, jet black and curly, so she is interested to see what she will get this time. She was amazingly calm about the who thing, I could tell dreading the Taxol cause it's so evasive, but said she feels good otherwise and can stand it again. I tell you these woman are such inspirations and I will miss their great spirits and how up beat they all are in dire circumstances. They have been a great blessing in my life and I thank God for making them such fine examples of strength for me. Remembering their courage under terms much worse than mine have made me pull on my big girl pants and solder on many nights. So here' s to my girls Salute!!

I do start radiation on Friday. They wanted me to wait a month to start since it supposedly makes you tired, but I said no let's go I need this to be over with, so they agreed to start immediately. My theory is I can go home and rest if I am tired. I have to do 5 days a week for 5 weeks so then it will be another 'Have to" crossed off my list. I will have to continue Heceptin till this fall but that's every 3 weeks and just gives me a few hot flashes and makes me bitchy but that we can deal with. Then it's on to the good part, new boobs. Nothing to make a girl feel better about herself like a nice new pair of perky boobs!!!