five

Round 5 of chemo is coming up on Wednesday.  Yay!!  That means, after this one, just one more round to go.  So looking forward to that.  I will not be ditching this place quite yet, though.

My last round of chemo is October 12th, but radiation will begin 3-4 weeks after that and last for 6-7 weeks.  And I will continue to go there to get the Herceptin every 3 weeks until July 2012.  So the hospital and I will still be good friends for a while.

Thankfully the radiation and the Herceptin are both pretty much free of side effects!  Speaking of side effects, this last round seemed to be better.  The nausea and flu-like symptoms didn't seem quite as bad as before.  The really awful not being able to eat anything didn't seem to last as long either.  Of course, I do get tired of eating this....

There are several days the week after chemo when something very smooth is all that my mouth can handle.  Which usually means this broccoli cheddar soup (I wish the broccoli werent' in it) and ice cream or ice pops or something like Carnation Instant Breakfast or Ensure.  It gets old, but at least there are a few choices of what to eat.

So I'm praying that the side effects are minimal this time too.  I've noticed that I start getting anxious about it about Sunday or Monday, knowing what's coming.  So here I am, being anxious about it already.  I'm just ready for the whole chemo thing to be over.  I do still enjoy seeing the girls at the infusion room, but I definitely do not look forward to going as much as I used to.  I am so thankful that God placed each one of them there on Wednesdays because I'm pretty sure I would just want to stay home if they weren't there.  I'm ready to move on to the radiation part and to start a new year just shortly after that ends.  One thing at a time though.