May 5, 2004

Only two treatments left!  Thank GOD!  I had my 4th treatment yesterday and it went pretty well, but I already feel not so great so expect this one may be a little tough.  I was supposed to have my 4th treatment last week but my blood counts were too low.  Basically what that means is that I'm too susceptible to infection and had they gone ahead with my treatment it would have put me at higher risk.  I was pretty upset that day because I've planned a lot of activities based on my chemo schedule and this puts a hold on some of them.  But my health has to come first and there's always next year (or later this summer if I'm feeling up to it).  I'll go back today and get a shot that will help this to not happen again because otherwise it could put my completion day back a month and I'd really rather not do that!

For the most part I'm feeling pretty well!  The biggest side effect is my energy level, or lack thereof.  I find with each treatment that my window of energy just gets less and less.  And that's frustrating for someone like me who wants to concur the world.  But Kevin is helping to keep me grounded and is making sure I take good care of myself.  And on my good days I have been biking again and that's wonderful!  That's a complete benefit of living on the seacoast - the biking options are gorgeous!

Summer is right around the corner, I've already started planting my gardens, we're sneak peaking at house options as we're hoping to buy something this summer, my daughter comes home from college on Friday (YAY!), I'm excited about the Relay for Life coming up in a few weeks, we put the sailboat in last Saturday and took it on its maiden voyage (incredible day) and life is really really good!