23: Chemo #6

January 17, 2016

Chemo#6 was on January 8th. I not only had Jacquelyn and my husband with me, my daughter Monique was also there. The picture above was taken just before the treatment began. Monique got to talking to the other patients in the infusion room and before I knew it they were ordering pizza for everyone, party in the infusion room!!!! No pizza for me however, soon after my infusion starts I get sleepy and I take my chemo siesta!

Today is January 17th, I am nine days post chemo and still not feeling well. I did work half a day on Wednesday with full days on Thursday and Friday. The saving grace was that MDI scheduled me a lite schedule. In case your wondering, these patients were scheduled with my knowledge. Previously I felt better after days 3 and 4 post chemo. So, I did not want to call off and have them rescheduled. I know that all I had to do was tell my manager that I couldn’t work and she would have had the schedulers start rescheduling patients, no questions asked. Maui Diagnostic Imaging is a great company to work for.

Whats next?

On February 11 and 12 I will be back on Oahu. I will have my Breast MRI, CT and my second meeting with the surgeon, Dr. Mari Nakashizuka. Those appointments will be on the 11th. On Friday I will have my Herceptin infusion. My chemo therapy has consisted on of Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin and Perjeta. I am done with TC and P however the Herceptin will continue every three weeks for a year! What I am not clear on is if it one year from now, or one year from when I started the treatment? Either way I will know more about the timeline for my surgery soon!

Since I moved to Maui, we have been renting a beautiful home here on Laumaewa Loop. The owner has had the house on the market since October of 2015. He felt really bad the day he told us they had to sell the house, especially because I had just started my treatment. I completely understand their decision to sell. Fortunately for us we were able to be in this home thru the holiday season. The house has not sold yet, I told the owner that after the New Year we would actively try and find a place to live. And we did, we found a condo to rent and will be moving in February. Jacquelyn and her boyfriend Sean found a condo in the same complex as well. Excited to have my own little place with no stairs! The stairs in this home have been challenging, especially on my bad days. The goal was to move before my surgery!

My husband just left to the airport to pick up two very special people. My two cousins Mary and Carmen dahling just landed (11:40am)!! Super excited to have them here with me this week!!!!

Going to sign off now, I hope everyone is well. Hug and love each other, life is short never take it for granted! Much Mahalo for the love and support!