Before cycle 5 I celebrated my baldness with friends by having a henna party. My friends were able to have their hands or feet henna-ed and I had my bald head done. Asma did an amazing job.
I had a wonderful time.
In the middle of cycle 5 our new granddaughter decided to make an early appearance.
Emma Jane, born October 5, weight 4 lbs 8 oz. I think she came early to have more to snuggle with Grammy before my surgery.
Cycle 6, the last one!
On our way out of the infusion center we rang the bell, TOGETHER, because that is how we did this. I could not have done it without Patrick.
Half way through cycle 6 I had a visit from Ian and Moira. I was wonderful to see them. Of course if Moira was here a trip to the American Girl Doll store was necessary.
Unfortunately at the end of their visit I spiked a fever and had to go to the emergency room. I had a "touch" of pneumonia and my electrolytes were seriously low. 8 hours in the ER and I was able to go home.
At the 3 week point after chemo I was feeling better. We visited Dr K and found that my platelet levels were high enough to go out on the bike again! I still have herceptin treatments every 3 weeks but they are easy. There are 10 of those left. Easy peasy!
Last week, I truely started to have more energy. I had a list of things I wanted to do in my last week before my double mastectomy. All of that was put on hold. Monday afternoon I went to check on my mother in law only to find that she had fallen. She hit her head and broke her hip. Patrick and I have spent this week sitting at the hospital with Mom. She has been in traction that whole time and unable to move, she needs help with everything. Her surgery for a partial hip replacement has been scheduled several times but keeps having to be postponed. Now we are looking at Monday for surgery. Tuesday is my 10 hour pre-op day at MDA and Wednesday is my surgery day, a double mastectomy without reconstruction. Life is crazy right now but we are managing one day ( some times one hour) at a time.
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