Saturdays..

Good news.. I did not have any rash this week either!! They do give me quite a bit of steroids and I do take Benadryl the night of chemo.. so I am guessing those are helping.

The cold is still going on, it will probably turn into a sinus infection, just like most of my colds end up doing.. right now I am dealing with a stuffy nose.

It is Saturday and I feel TIRED! I know I should be in peace with this fact and just allow myself not to feel guilty for spending a day basically doing nothing but it is hard. I slept for an hour earlier, but I think I need more. It is just that I couldn't bounce from chemo last week - mostly due to the cold - that I feel like I have been tired forever. And this is the EASY stuff.. we'll see how I will feel when the FEC (the other kind of chemo that I will get July - September) starts.. I have a feeling I will look back and say, what was I thinking, complaining about that time :).

In terms of side effects, the neuropathy is back, mostly sensitivity to hot water on my hands, and numbness/tingling on my fingers and toes. My mouth doesn't taste much.. some of it is because of the cold but there is an effect of the chemo also.

I usually try to NOT read about breast cancer (especially Triple Negative Breast Cancer) on the internet.. because a lot of times when I read it, it upsets me. But once in a while I cannot help myself. I look if there is anything new, any new treatments, drugs, discoveries.. So I did again today.. nothing really new. Most of the new drugs are being tested for metastatic breast cancer, which I REALLY HOPE that I will NOT need.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend - it is a three day weekend!

Oooh, I will add a picture of me from about a month ago when I was being "infused".. so you have an idea of what it is like. The recliner I am sitting has a heat function and can also do some massage (not great), basically they put a needle in my port, and give the drugs through there. If I need to go somewhere (like potty) I can push the thing that has all the drugs and the peristaltic pump attached to it with me. But mostly I sit/lay down, take it easy. Depending on who is with me, we chat, read, surf the internet or just rest..