Chemotherapy Reflection

It has been two weeks since my last chemo treatment and I am so thankful to be done with it!!  It feels great knowing that I have some energy and it will not be taken away from me any time soon.  I will have two weekends in a row of energy and spending quality time with my family.

There was some aftermath with the chemo but all will return to normal soon.  (Not soon enough for my oldest son.)  Currently, I am almost completely hairless.  You can let your mind take you where to go with that, I don't think I have to spell it out.  :)  I do have a little bit of hair on my forearms and my eyebrows.  I have a few eyelashes on my top lids, but none on the bottom.  Oh, I still have nose hairs, but some did fall out.  Bet you never thought of that!!  My fingers and toes have numbness and tingling from the Taxol and was told that will persist for a while.  Because of this side effect, I have noticed that my fingernails are yellowish and are shaping differently.  My husband says they look like witches' fingers.  He's right, they are quite ugly looking.  With all the physical transformations that have happened, I have appreciated how easy and quickly grooming was/is.  While I was really sick, it was nice to not have to fuss over my hair.

I am grateful to my husband for being there for me through the ugly and painful times of this roller coaster ride.  I'm glad it has ended so we can get off of that ride, but anxious about the next ride.

I will have my bilateral (double) mastectomy on December 12, 2012.  I will make another post with more information shortly.