Well, Tuesday was here and gone quite quickly! I woke up, and was out the door to have my labs drawn at 7:30. Back home and awaiting the arrival of my brother Al from Cincy, I decide I am going to have a small cup of coffee; I haven't had one since Hawaii! It was OK, I made the Hawaiian coffee I saved from the trip. There is something different but I don't know what it is....hmmmm, perhaps I have lost my taste for coffee?
Al showed up around 9:15 and we chatted a bit, went to Starbucks and then headed off to chemo. I like my oncologist, but her office is so dreary, it really is. I'm thinking she needs to hire me to paint and decorate it, at least in the treatment rooms. Anyway, AL and I settle in, still in disbelief that I am actually here receiving my last treatment. We notice other patients milling about and I honestly don't think I belong here and neither does Al! On we go. My nurse Humm comes in and is ready to access the port for the LAST time! She has a lovely British accent that Al and I both are dying to try to copy once she leaves the room. She manages to access my port without any difficulty, hooray! 3 premeds in and then onto the last dose of Taxol! Al and I catch u p on things and plan some lunch. Now what do you think we should not get to eat in a tiny room for chemo surrounded by many other tiny rooms? Yep, you guessed it, we got the stinkiest gyros, full of garlic and tzaziki sauce. We stunk up that whole office for sure! Humm came in after lunch and closed our door claiming we were too "loud" but we all know it was because the room smelled so bad of garlic! haha Al and I ended up playing three card poker for $.25 a hand; soon I owed him 16 bucks, but I won it back later on!
well, the treatment was over and I was ready to get the heck out of there! Out came the needle and out side to breathe in the fresh air and beautiful day. Al pulls out a gift from the trunk in celebration of my last chemo day! A surprise from Ellen and Al and their kids. I will love it forever, as I did the first one I got just a few short months prior. We drove back to my house and decided we were going to get pizzas for dinner, so that is exactly what we did. BJ's pizza for us and Dominoes for the kiddos, their choice not mine!
So, how do I feel about all of this you may wonder? Well, a little scared, I mean the chemo was killing or killed any remaining cancer, so hopefully it did its job! I know it did its job, actually because I feel so terrific. In fact, while at the office, my oncologist gave me the OK to join the church volleyball league for the next 6 weeks. I am really looking forward to it! Lots of energy and well, I just feel good. The next phase is Radiation. Starts on or around the 19Th. I do have a couple of apt.s in between to see my surgeons to get my port out and to evaluate my reconstruction and what not. All things are going well and as planned if not a little slower than I had anticipated! No worries though, I am taking full advantage of my time off by getting some much needed things done around the house and visiting with friends and family.
Well, my parents are on there way in via Greyhound Bus Line from Hammond; that's right I said Bus! I hope there trip is going smoothly! I will meet them downtown Indy at 3pm to take them back to Greenwood.
Have a blessed day!
Kathy
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