4 down...8 to go!

Feeling pretty darn good this past week. WIN!!

Went in for labs last week to check if I needed the Neupogen shot again and my counts were good both Thursday and Friday, so no shots. Yay! My body is finally kicking back into gear after a tough couple of weeks. We were anxious to see how my counts would be today because we learned last week that just feeling good is not a great indicator of whether or not I am going to be able to get my chemo treatment.

Saw Dr. Jim's physician's assistant. From the appointment:
1.  No changes from last week. Energy up and feeling much better!
2.  Forced her to feel around in my armpit like I always do. She assured me that she felt nothing. I also asked her to cop a feel of my booby for good measure and there was nothing there for her to feel either :) It's just good to keep hearing! Such a relief.
3. She added in another visit with her next week just to check in...I'm not scheduled to see Dr. Jim for a couple of weeks.
4. 4th round of Taxol was mostly uneventful. Other than the 2.5 hour wait for treatment because the lab lost my blood sample and waaaaahhhhh....mild neuropathy kicked in (mine is a faint tingling feeling in my legs and feet)...hoping it will wear off in a couple of days, but it's a normal side effect that comes with the territory and will probably increase as I get more treatments...everything else went okizzay.

So no new news is good news! We are going to continue to try our hardest to stay away from germs for the next several weeks because we know how detrimental a little bug can be to my health and my treatment schedule. The next 2 months will be about balancing my blood counts to stay high enough to stay on a consistent weekly treatment schedule. Hope yall don't think we are avoiding you if we decline a visit or an invite out...just trying to make it thru the home stretch here as uneventfully as possible. Now that I've made it public knowledge that I'm forcing free booby (and armpit) feels on people, you may (or may definitely NOT) be inclined to want to hangout with us at all. haha.

 Meanwhile...just laying low around the house (luckily weather's been nice so we can play outside too!) with Austin quite a bit. He is quite the busy busy busy little one. So curious. He's not asking why like I've heard so many 2 year olds say over and over, but he asks 'how' after every single thing I say or he says or he hears anyone else say. It's pretty cute, but it's not the easiest question to answer. 'How mom?' heehee. Cracks me up.

I love this...reminds me that he's not trying to drive me totally nuts. haha.

WIN THE DAY!!
Love
Jenn