Chemo Brain Is All I Can Guess?

I had so much to share...this I remembered....EXCEPT I can't remember what I wanted to share. So I guess I just have to start from the end instead of the beginning. I'm also going to throw out a pitcher full of tea because the tea party is obviously not going to happen. I'm not sure what chemo brain is but I'm sure I have a terrible case of it.

I'll start with today and go backwards (maybe my brain works better that way). I just returned from the Cancer Center. I had blood drawn to check my counts and tumor markers. My counts are better which means chemo is scheduled as planned tomorrow. If my counts cooperate this will be my scheduled rotation: Round 7 - 10/26 & 11/2 - transfusions the following week probably 11/8 & 11/10. If counts stay up then Round 8 - 11/16 & 11/23 - transfusions the following week probably 11/29 & 12/1. This schedule will allow me 3 weeks to recover before Christmas. If I need any additional weeks in-between treatments then I will only have a week before Christmas. Not ideal but I will get what I get.

This last weekend was the first weekend I felt like the old self was coming back. I had expected it because I had an additional week after my last treatment so I made sure to take advantage of the time. My friend Corky has been wanting to come visit but because it's almost a 5 hr drive we made sure I would feel up to company. We have been friends for 30 years so I knew if all of a sudden I didn't feel well it wouldn't matter to her if all I felt up to was laying around in my PJ's. Which was exactly what I did Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. We spent time catching up and then watched a couple movies. It really doesn't matter what we do and that's the cool part. After she left I rested some more while Jim watched football. I knew Sunday was going to be a busy day and was looking forward to it.

I WAS GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE - DESTINATION....Beach! I couldn't wait to spend a few hours breathing in the ocean air and hang out with my family. We finally decided on Huntington. We walked the stores first and then had lunch at Ruby's at the end of the pier.

My next stop was something I had been looking forward to for months (if not for years). Jim was dropping me off....TO BE CONTINUED...

It's time for bed and get some rest to prepare for chemo tomorrow. Please pray. My appointment is at 10:00 am.

I will try and blog tomorrow evening if I have trouble sleeping, or I will blog on Thursday.