Ahoy all.....
Well, it's been 1 week since my 2nd chemo tx. Not too bad this time around; tired a lot, but that's to be expected. Of course, this is the week that everyone decided to mobilize....one of my bestest friends flew in from NYC the day after chemo, my crazy cousins from San Jose decided this was the perfect weekend to drive down for a "Girls' Weekend" and this was also my final opportunity to say "farewell" to friends who were moving to the East coast due to the damn Navy....sooooooo lots of travelling around the county to be fed!
Had a great time buying wigs with my friend Juanita....pictures later. Then a repeat trip to the wig store with my cousins. I now have more hair than before chemo. I just need to decide if I'm a blonde, brunette or redhead. As fun as the wigs are, I really think I enjoy being bald. It's soooo much cooler! Plus I enjoy the shock value. One girl thought I had just shaved my head as a fashion statement.....no, she wasn't blonde.
Lunch @ Karl Strauss Brew Gardens with my friends from Navy on Friday. Too much fun, although I don't think we got Eileen to snort enough. I may be losing my touch. Yummy garlic fries with lunch, bad breath for the rest of the day.
My cousins & I got reacquainted on Friday evening and we stayed up talking and singing bad karaoke until 0130. Needless to say, I was wiped.
My Auntie Letty had me & my cousins over to her house on Saturday for REAL Filipino food. She made oxtail stew (Kare Kare) and I had so much of the shrimp sauce with it that my fingers looked like sausages the next morning and my feet wouldn't fit in my shoes.....baaaaaaaad water retention from all the salt, but it was so worth it.
Sunday was lunch with my sister-in-law's family, then more time with my friend Juanita. An altogether food-oriented week.
Monday was my appointment with my surgeon. The only bump in an otherwise pretty stellar week considering it was a post-chemo week. My right sided wound still isn't healing properly, so we decided to debride the site today. Not too bad, but unfortunate nonetheless. Dr. Lin decided to continue my Cipro for another 2 weeks. I am really getting tired to swallowing pills, but over all, no real complaints.
Well, that's about it. I'll send out pictures later.
Take care....check those Hooters....and stay in touch.
Love,
Mel
Well, it's been 1 week since my 2nd chemo tx. Not too bad this time around; tired a lot, but that's to be expected. Of course, this is the week that everyone decided to mobilize....one of my bestest friends flew in from NYC the day after chemo, my crazy cousins from San Jose decided this was the perfect weekend to drive down for a "Girls' Weekend" and this was also my final opportunity to say "farewell" to friends who were moving to the East coast due to the damn Navy....sooooooo lots of travelling around the county to be fed!
Had a great time buying wigs with my friend Juanita....pictures later. Then a repeat trip to the wig store with my cousins. I now have more hair than before chemo. I just need to decide if I'm a blonde, brunette or redhead. As fun as the wigs are, I really think I enjoy being bald. It's soooo much cooler! Plus I enjoy the shock value. One girl thought I had just shaved my head as a fashion statement.....no, she wasn't blonde.
Lunch @ Karl Strauss Brew Gardens with my friends from Navy on Friday. Too much fun, although I don't think we got Eileen to snort enough. I may be losing my touch. Yummy garlic fries with lunch, bad breath for the rest of the day.
My cousins & I got reacquainted on Friday evening and we stayed up talking and singing bad karaoke until 0130. Needless to say, I was wiped.
My Auntie Letty had me & my cousins over to her house on Saturday for REAL Filipino food. She made oxtail stew (Kare Kare) and I had so much of the shrimp sauce with it that my fingers looked like sausages the next morning and my feet wouldn't fit in my shoes.....baaaaaaaad water retention from all the salt, but it was so worth it.
Sunday was lunch with my sister-in-law's family, then more time with my friend Juanita. An altogether food-oriented week.
Monday was my appointment with my surgeon. The only bump in an otherwise pretty stellar week considering it was a post-chemo week. My right sided wound still isn't healing properly, so we decided to debride the site today. Not too bad, but unfortunate nonetheless. Dr. Lin decided to continue my Cipro for another 2 weeks. I am really getting tired to swallowing pills, but over all, no real complaints.
Well, that's about it. I'll send out pictures later.
Take care....check those Hooters....and stay in touch.
Love,
Mel
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