Light at the end of the tunnel

My white count and my RBC counts came up (YAY for iron, liver, steak, hamburger and spinach) very well and I was able to get my 7th dose of chemotherapy this past Thursday. As usual, the steroids kept me awake and energetic on Thursday and Friday until the big crash yesterday when that truck (with the license plate BR9495) came by to run me over! : )

On Thursday and Friday I worked from home and finished up the form I had to do so the powers that be can make their decision on who gets laid off in my department. I think I did a pretty good job and I'm not worried about it. But if I'm wrong and I get canned, then I'll just deal with it at the time. On Friday evening I went out to dinner and a movie with friends. We saw The Great Debators with Denzel Washington. It was well done and the acting by the young people was very good.

Yesterday I felt horrible with the usual flu-like symptoms and stayed in bed or on the couch all day, taking big doses of Tylenol for the aching. I don't take the narcotic meds any more since they just make for more complications, although I'd really like to take them for their knock-out effect. The chemo pretty much flattens me like a steamroller so I can barely get up, so I guess I'm actually knocked out enough, although it is a miserable feeling! I started getting mild symptoms of a urinary infection (but no fever) and called the doctor, and started taking some antibiotics for that.

I feel a little better today, although I won't be dancing any jigs -- but I have only one more treatment to go...and I definitely will be dancing like crazy when that final one is over!!!!!!!!