I am now officially halfway through Taxol and 3/4ths of the way through pre-surgery chemo! Today was long, even though it was a non-Keytruda week. The bloodwork – which typically takes 15-20 minutes to come back – took about two hours!! I asked what dose steroid I was given last week, as I suspected that…

So far this week has been more of the same, with the added layer of fatigue. When I went to acupuncture on Tuesday, Carol said I should get treatments weekly from here on out as typically at the halfway mark, things start to get more difficult.  In other news, while trying to fall asleep one…

This past week wasn’t a great one symptom-wise. It had the usual – bloody noses and stomach pains. And it was made even better by the reappearance of nausea. On the plus side, I am more than halfway through chemo if you count the AC regimen. Five down of Taxol; next week I’ll be halfway…

Today was long. We got to Magee at 9:30 am and returned home at 3:30 pm! Upon finishing up, I went to grab my jacket. Aaron stopped me and said it was in the mid-60s outside. And a week ago it was in single digits. Crazy! First up was an echo, which I got in…

The night of my last treatment, I couldn’t sleep. I blamed myself for taking a 2.5 hour nap, when really, I should have been blaming Cancer, whose drugs were keeping me up. At one of my pee breaks, I realized it was likely the steroid. Last week I had insomnia and no afternoon nap. Duh!…