Can you believe it?! Now I can say I only have ONE MORE treatment! Yessss! I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday was great. My blood work was just awesome (except for I am a little low on the anemia, but not low enough to get treatment for it). White blood cell counts were awesome. Dr. Andrews told me I was just "sailing" thru the treatments and definitely only have one more!
My friend, Jill Alexander, went with me yesterday. We pretty much just talked for 3 hours. Of course, we had to have a few snacks as well. Jill is the one who went thru breast cancer about 7 years ago and is a SURVIVIVOR! So, she is a good support person. She had a much rougher time of chemo than I did. It made her very sick. Other than that set back in the hospital, an getting tired, I am doing great.
I will tell you one thing, it sure does not take long to get a shower and get ready in the morning! I did not realize how much time I spent on my hair! Now, I usually just plop a baseball cap on.
This week in the mail I received another pair of hand knitted socks from my friend, Colleen Feighner. You wouldn't believe these socks -- they are so cute. She is an amazing knitter and I love reeping the benefits of her labor!! Another fun thing I got was a straw fedora from my friend, Deanie Burge. I immediately put it on and Kent loved it! I wasn't sure it would look good on me, but it kind of did! Deanie was supposed to be here this week, but she is battling a wacky thyroid and was feeling really bad. Of course, she felt guilty about not being able to come and I told her I just wanted her well, and that is number one for her right now.
Another really neat thing I got was from Dawn Peach. I had forgotten to mention this, because I cannot use it while on chemo. But, it is a product called RevitaLash. It was invented by a doctor whose wife went thru chemo and had lost her long, thick eyelashes. So, I am really excited to try this as soon as I get done with chemo. Maybe I will have better lashes than before! I will keep you all posted on how this works.
Oh another thing. I got a surprise phone call this past Saturday morning from my friend Ellen Brandt who was down here at the Scott Antique Flea Market. She was with her friend Anna, and they wanted to stop by on their way back to Nashville. How exciting. It was so much fun to see both of them and really look forward to them coming back and maybe even tagging along to Scott. They are both just great, fun, lovely people. Thanks girls!
Now, I have to brag a little. Our daughter, Alison, got accepted into the Master of Accountancy program at the University of Tennessee. We are very proud of her. We look forward to attending her graduation on May 9 with her Bachelor's in Accounting AND her coming down here this summer to work for Ernst and Young.
Today, I go for my Neulasta shot. I look forward to this because I know that it will help me to keep white blood cell counts up. It makes me achey, but it is a good ache because that means it is working!
Well, that is all for this session. I hope you all enjoy reading this blog. I am so proud of Aaron who continually helps me with this and is always there to answer my stupid questions with as much patience as he can muster!
Hugs and kisses to you all! Deb
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I don't know what the big deal is about all this hair talk. I have got lots of hair and my servants (sometimes called owners, but never my masters) don't seem to like it. It is long and flowing and they seem to think it does everywhere. If I lose a little, I just grow some more. Sometimes they even take me outside and rip it out of me with this metal torture tool they call a brush. Deb and I are so different. She has no hair and I have lots of it. Mine is all white and I'm not really sure what color hers is . . . or will be. Geez, she complains about having no hair and complains about me having too much. Oh well, I have to go take a nap.
Lucy (the cat) Rosenbury
someone is definitely on the loopy side of things
So what is all this complaining about the litter box. Yeah, like your pooh doesn't stink. At least you don't have to go out in the garage to do your business. OK so sometimes I miss the box a little. It's not like you haven't had an accident too. I remember sometimes you got laughing so hard and . . . well let's just say accidents happen.
Sometimes I think you are just a little jealous of me. All those comments people make about my nice tail, you think they are talking about you.
Got go now. My nap is calling.
Lucy (the cat) Rosenbury
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