Day 43: July 29 -- my fourth and last AC chemo treatment! Not one part of me will miss it. I've never been so tired and un-Meghan-like in my life. Prior to my treatment, I met with an APRN who discussed what my last four treatments, called Taxol, will be like. She said I'll need to take 10 steroid pills before I arrive for my Taxol treatments. Maybe I'll bike to the Cancer Center that day?! Also, I won't need to get the Neulasta shot anymore because Taxol doesn't deplete your white blood cells as much as AC does. However, she said there is a round of five shots that follow Taxol. I don't remember my doctor telling me about that, so I'm going to give him a call about that! I can give the shots to myself, so at least I won't have to drive to the Cancer Center every day.
Day 44: Pretty tired and rather nauseous today. I've used all three anti nausea meds today! On a happy note, one of my best friends, Krista, stopped by to visit for a few minutes. She brought me a card, which she got signed by Andrew McMahon (a singer we both like who also went through chemo when he had leukemia several years ago). He signed it "from one survivor to another." That really made my day!
Day 45: I've been thinking about my Gram today. She passed away seven years ago today, from breast cancer. Even though I feel like garbage everyday lately, I'm so thankful I found my tumor when I did, and that I called my doctor right away. My doctors have been amazing, and I wish my Gram had seen the group of doctors I'm seeing.
Day 46: Mucus is disgusting! That is all.
Day 47-49: Still super tired and hoping to get lots of sleep this weekend so I can hopefully be functional next week. I'm getting pretty bored being in bed all the time. At first, I thought it was kind of awesome laying around reading or watching DVDs. But it's getting old!
