Mom & Dad heading back to Florida

Mom & Dad left today so we are on our own again. My parents were wonderful while here. Dad painted my bathroom, not once but twice (changed my mind about the color) and Mom organized my whole house and did 800 loads of laundry. I know they are both looking forward to returning home and taking a break! Alex has cheer tryouts this week and Regan does next week. Regan and I are also going to make a trip to Wisconsin for the Regional gymnastic meet. She competes on April 26th in the Wisconsin Dells. Noah has a soccer game and a track meet this weekend at the same time so I guess he has to pick. I am feeling pretty good...just very tired. I don't have much energy but with the kids in school I try to rest during the day. If I run around and try to keep up my normal pace I pay for it the next day. At least I am over the nausea! I start a new drug regime this Friday so I hope the side effects are minimal! We enjoyed having everyone visit this Easter. The kids love when their cousins come to town. Noah was very sad yesterday afternoon when everyone went home. Have a wonderful week everyone!

Bump in the road

This week I had a little "bump in the road" but all is now well. Monday we took Regan out to eat for her birthday and I was not feeling very good. I had a headache that just wouldn't go away. I went to bed early that night but woke up around 1 am with a horrible migraine headache. It was the worst I have ever experienced. I actually called the on call oncologist because I didn't think I could handle it. He suggested the ER. James was scheduled to go out of town early Tuesday AM so I decided to take some pain pills so I could make it until morning. I did sleep for a few hours but woke with the same pain. I called my oncologist Tuesday morning and went in to see her. She gave me a number of IV medications and ordered a CT scan of my head. Of course the fear was the cancer had spread and that is what was causing the headache. Thankfully that was not the case. The CT scan was normal. This was either a very bad migraine or a reaction to the neulasta shot I had last week. The medication made me sleep most of the day Tuesday which was the best thing for the pain. By Wednesday I was feeling much better. Since then I have been feeling much better and am looking forward to a wonderful Easter!

Bad week behind me

Well this past week has been a very long week! Chemo last Friday was brutal. I didn't really feel like myself until Friday, April 3rd. I did have my neulasta shot on Wednesday and it has definitely worked. My counts on the day of chemo were only .7. After the shot it is up to 4.9! The problem with the shot is that it gives you flu like symptoms. When you already feel like #$@% from the chemo that was hard. It also induced another vomiting episode but the good news is that the worst if finally over!!!!! My next combination of drugs should be much easier on me. I can honestly say if the Dr. came to me and said I have to do these drugs again I would have to think long and hard about it. I just don't know if I could do it again. On the bright side, my mother has been in town for the past week and a half and my house has NEVER been so organized. She has been going through cupboards and throwing away the junk. Love you mom! James and I took Regan to Columbia Missouri on Friday night for her State gymnastic competition. She did wonderful! She even qualified to go to Regionals in Wisconsin on April 26th! We are very proud of her. Noah ran in his first track meet this weekend. James and I didn't get to see it. My father took him to the meet and then they had a special lunch at McDonald's after. I think he had a wonderful day. Alex didn't have any soccer games this week due to the rain but she has a game Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Go Saints! Tomorrow we will be celebrating Regan's 14th birthday. It doesn't seem possible that my little girl can get her driving permit! Take care everyone and have a fabulous week!