Wonderful wedding

The wedding was wonderful. Thanks to all of you who traveled so far to join us for a very special day. We are so thankful that the weather cooperated so nicely. We had a couple of nice days after the wedding, then it's been foggy or cloudy since.

I had my 21st infusion on Tuesday, so I have 3 left. I really felt the fatigue this week. So thankful I had last week off! I started reading the book about life after treatment. It was written by a oncology social worker who works mostly with breast cancer patients. She was diagnosed herself in 1993, then had a second primary breast cancer in 2005. Her husband is a medical oncologist. So she has interesting perspectives from all sides.

Down to 4

Nothing much to tell this time. Infusion this week went pretty fast. Blood work looked good. Hematocrit and hemoglobin hanging in there without a shot. To maintain the white blood cells I'm giving myself 1 shot a week. I did have a little more fatigue a couple days after the infusion. My fingernails are right down gross. I have most of them cut down to half or less, as they were detaching and stinking. I was afraid they would catch on something and rip the whole thing off. It has been amazing to me how much I used to use my fingernails. Just waiting as the new nail slowly grows in. Fortunately I haven't had any neuropathy (tingling and numbness of hands and feet) yet. It would be nice not to have all the side effects! I will be taking this week off chemo, then will have four left.

The wedding is a week from today. We are hoping for some warm weather, as we've been having fog and clouds - more like June weather than August. So it might be cooler than we were expecting. So please plan accordingly. Regardless of the weather, it should be fun. One little snag is my oven broke last week. We're hoping it'll be fixed by Wednesday. Seems like it's always something!