My run with Cancer

I know I'm bad for not updating this more often... but I figure if I'm attached to an IV for 3 hours... I have no excuse not to use some of that time to type... so here we are.  I have been really struggling with fatigue over the past 6 weeks and my ability to run took a nose dive.  All of a sudden I couldn't get through 5 km even at a really slow pace; a 30 min walk landed me on the couch for the day, unable to drive safely to pick up the kids from school.  I finally realized that it seemed to line up with the shots I was taking for my white blood cells.  I had fatigue, muscle soreness and really sore hips.  I kept attributing it to running... but apparently kicking your bone marrow into high gear is exhausting.  Sooo... our plan is to adjust some chemo dosing to avoid the need for the Neupogen shots and see how that goes.  Knowing that it was a side effect and not that I was inherently deteriorating that fast was a huge relief. I'm also sitting here ...

Sorry it's been so long since my last post.  Wrestling the laptop from my 12yr old gamer is always a challenge and when he's not on the computer I tend to be done for the day.  But today they are in school (YAY!) and I'm in the quiet tranquility of the chemo suite.  If it weren't for the IVs beeping... you could almost think you're in a spa; comfy chair, people offering to bring you snacks and drinks, heated blankets (which are the bomb!).  It's a pretty sweet gig!  We had a great time at the cottage and I thoroughly enjoyed the extra week off chemo.  I feel like my Oncologist must have seen the writing on the wall in my bloodwork because these last couple of chemo cycles have been harder to bounce back from.  More nausea and fatigue than I had before... which just feels frustrating.  I'm also really starting to lose hair which I'm finding more upsetting than I'd have thought.  I'm still able to hide it for the most part and I'm hoping that t...