HALF WAY THERE! ..with chemo anyway :)

So tomorrow morning I go in for my LAST AC treatment! I can't get excited quite yet because I then have 4 more treatments with a drug called Taxol. I'm scared shitless of the possible reactions I could have to Taxol, but for now I'm celebrating and not thinking about that until two weeks from now.

My last Adria means a couple of great things- because this is the WORST chemo drug out there, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to have only needed 4 of them, and to have handled them as well as I have. It has not been a party but the first treatment aside its been far better then I read about online. Also my blood counts are fucking warriors because they've been the same as they were before treatment.. and actually last time they were BETTER! (this rarely happens) but back to the good things:

- less nausea (still some but not nearly as much)

- no more heart torture (AC can be really damaging to your heart-but I'm young so all good so far, but I CAN feel its effect. I can also intuitively feel tumors which science tells me is "impossible")

- no more NEED for my picc line, which I will still keep to avoid needles as long as possible :) (Taxol does not pose the same risk to my veins/tissue as Adria)

The not so great news is that Taxol will bring out a whole bag of tricks I have not experienced yet! but again not going to go there just yet...

Crazy Update: I still have hair! hahaha it is now, after my third treatment finally falling out so I am glad I shaved my head. However the fact that it held on for 6 weeks instead of 3 weeks makes me regain some hope (although probably false) that I may not totally lose my eyebrows/lashes. *fingers crossed*

..and I leave you with my favorite group from the sing off.. that SHOULD have won :) When I feel stuck in a chemo-rut this song makes me feel better :p