Although I required it, the doctor gave me a break from "nasty neulasty". He said there was no need to make me feel like crap. Originally, I would be getting my third AC chemo session today and, in that case, I would have needed the nasty stuff to have acceptable white blood cell levels. But, my chemo will be postponed by 10 days, because of the IBP retreat. And I have not had fever or any kind of misery this far. YAY!!
This week has also been exceptionally good... I have worked, I went to the movies, and I have eaten with gusto. The only constant shortcoming is fatigue, which means that my energy runs for less than half of what would be normal. However, while it lasts, I feel almost normal. Of course, once I look in the mirror and see that weird, hairless alien starring back at me, normal is gone.
Tomorrow my IBP family start arriving. I am so very much looking forward to seeing them, spending time with them, and enjoying yet another taste of normal. I will be staying with them at the hotel, to avoid losing my battery in traffick (not the car's, but mine... Truly like The Matrix). The second half of the retreat will be in Valle.
This will be the first time in over six months that I will get out of the house with a destination that is not the hospital!!! Oh. My. Dog.
E-X-C-I-T-I-N-G! ! !
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