Not much new on the big C front

I am in chemo right now as I was last week when I last posted here. Pretty uneventful week, just work and take my pills and sleep. Although yesterday was rough.

They have to give me these shots (neupogen) to keep my white blood count up. I've been getting them twice a week without too much problem. The one side effect is you can get a lot of aches and pain in your joints. I've had a little bit of it before, but it was almost debilitating yesterday. I hurt all over. It was a real bummer. I was in bed by 8:40.

Dr. Kaplan said we'll only do one shot next week, on Thursday, the day before my last Taxol/herceptin infusion.

We talked about what to expect when I switch to A/C, (stronger drugs) July 1. Everyone is different, but he said I might experience more fatigue (great), and nausea. I haven't thrown up once on the Taxol, or needed the anti-nausea drugs, thank God. A/C will be every other week, so I will be done with chemo by the end of August, pretty much on schedule. I just hope I don't spend the rest of the summer hugging the big white bowl. I don't know. He thinks I'll endure it pretty good since I've done so well so far. This whole thing seems to have gone by so fast. It seems like I was just diagnosed - but that was in January. What a way to spend a year.