Rosie's Cancer Journey

I had round 2 of chemo on Monday. They gave me less of one of the meds in hopes I have a better response this time. I felt great yesterday. Today, I woke up with a sore throat similar to last time. I still plan to go to work because it’s not that bad yet. Sleep is currently rough due to the steroids but I have a feeling as soon as I start tapering those, I may crash again and get super sleepy and fatigued like last time, also. All in all, I’m still hopeful that this round will not be worse than the first round was.

Thank you to my friend, Polly, who sat with me and picked me up so Jeff could handle work emergencies. And grateful that our daughter Ocean is in town and could get me the rest of the way home and spend time with me that night.

My port infection has cleared up, too. They were able to use that for my chemo infusion on Monday. I am happy about that!

My hair is really gone now. The shaved look has gone to patchy bald. I wear hats. I bought a pink wig off Amazon that I’m debating on wearing today for celebrity spirit day! But I’m not sure I’m ready for that attention! 😂 I tell the kids at school that the medicine I have to take mades my hair fall out and I avoid the “C” word.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Even in hard times, there is still always so much to be grateful for. ❤️

Love,

Rose