Chemo #4 - picture and update

So here I am, at Chemo #4.  I look so happy and relaxed, you'd think I was at a spa!  Yeah, no.  Not so bad for a selfie with my iPad and hospital lighting and a bunch of IV tubes coming from the port in my chest! That's me in my t-shirt head wrap and a scarf to accessorize. So purrrrrrtty.  I tried wearing big earrings like a few people have suggested, but I end up looking like a pirate. So no.  Maybe one day I'll do a tutorial post on how to do the t-shirt head wrap.  It's a good look, even if you have hair.  And yes, I doll myself up for chemo.  

As usual, I was exhausted by the end of the day, and using the bathroom a lot (#1, people, #1 - this isn't a TMI post) because I learned the hard way to flush my system like a crazy woman while getting treatment to get all of those IV drugs out of my system.  I actually set a timer while I'm there and make sure that every half an hour I drink 8 oz of fluids.  It makes a world of difference.

Each chemo has different effects on my body, and this time around, for the past 5 days, nausea has been my big issue, as well as a bit of insomnia.  Thanks to all of the anti-nausea medications I have I haven't actually... you know... puked... but sitting around nauseous for days on end isn't exactly fun. Ahh well, better than the alternative.  You know, that whole death by cancer thing.  Speaking of which...

Doc checked the boobs, and it seems that the lumps and bumps are still gone.  Ladies and gentlemen, the cancer has left the building.  Now it's just about keeping it that way.

Stay tuned for my next post, which will have nothing to do with cancer.  It's going to be all about the raised vegetable garden my husband and our friends built in our backyard, along with planting the baby veggies that are going to nourish our bodies!  Fun fun fun!!!

Peace out, yo.