SLOWLY Emerging.....

back into daily life. My fifth round of chemo on Dec. 29th was a full eight days getting through.....In many ways, this round wasn't as bad as others, but there's really no way to assess a round of chemo as "easy"..................I did sleep more through this one and took more medicine to ward off headaches, nausea, etc...........BUT, no matter how you slice it, chemo is chemo............and it's all CRAPPY!!!

I am finally back at work today. My white cells are low. I can tell because of mouth sores, wierder than normal taste buds, etc....

GROSS ALERT: no, I don't think I'll share those things, but suffice it to say there were many, many incidental ailments that accompanied this round...........YUCKO!

I have another round of Herceptin tomorrow followed by a 2:30 appointment with my surgeon, Dr. Chow. I'm eager and anxious to get this meeting over with. My assumption is that we will set a date for surgery. We'll see............


The first 10 days of my holiday break were awesome. I actually did holiday baking...I made the bon-bons.........then I forgot to take them on Christmas Eve to my mom's, so they stayed in my freezer until several of us came very near O-Ding on them! It was a close, close call.

Evan and the kids and I braved a cold, cold wind to shop on Monday, Dec. 22nd....we had a nice lunch out and then shopped in the COLD!!!!

Sam and Polley spent their annual Christmas Eve EVE at Ma T's again this year. They had so much fun.

We had our annual Country Fat Breakfast on Christmas day and then welcomed several family members casually as the day progressed. (I say CASUAL, because I do not get out of my pajamas all day....it's a rule!)(I really enjoyed my new vintage ski scene pajamas from Eddie Bauer.......Sam made a great shopping choice)

We had a rousing game of USA trivia later that night...........we played in teams of two and Nancy and Dustin surprised us all with a classic "come from behind" win.

Well, unfortunately, thanks to chemo brain, my memory "ain't what it used to be"...............but I had a great holiday until the 29th................pretty sketchy after that!

One more big round of chemo on January19, 20, or 21st....still solidifying the date.............WOW! one more round. I can't believe it.

Happy New Year to all!