It's been a while....

I finally have a moment to update and let everyone know what's going on! First off I want to thank everyone again for being so supportive and for their comments and such!
We have been hard at work planning the Shave to Save so that has kept me busy, along with some other events.
Railey has been home from school sick yesterday and today for safe measures. Which really stinks because she is student of the week and now she has missed half of the week. But I know that she is really sick for two reasons; one because the thermometer tells me so, and two because she missed dance class! :o) She had perfect attendance at dance class last year so for her to miss IS a big deal. She is feeling better today but because of the fever I would like to keep her home for one more day to be safe.
As for myself, I am sure that everyone is curious as to how the first treatment has affected me. Now that it is almost time for another one I can say that I am feeling quite alright. Go figure, ey! The worst effects were the mouth soreness, head soreness, and fatigue. Well actually the very worst side effect wasn't from the chemo at all! It was from this shot that you have to have the day after chemo. It is a shot that helps produce your white blood cells and bring you back up to speed. Well it causes bone soreness, and this hit me pretty hard! I am not one to take pain meds and I was hitting the bottle pretty hard for a couple of days there. My hips, back, neck, pretty much everything throbbed with pain. Oh, and I forgot to mention that after chemo I had to go back to see the good ol' doc because I have some kind of allergic reaction to something....what you ask??? They don't know! So I have kindof a striped stomach and back, it's not really itchy unless I scratch it. It is not a raised rash it's just kinda looks like I was scratching alot and left marks but I wasn't. It's mostly on my ribs and in that area down my sides.
Well enough of that! I am so excited to see everyone at the dinner! I think it will make it easier to shave my head! I am actually kinda looking forward to it now. A lot of my hair is falling out and it sucks to be constantly pulling hair off of my shirt, pillow, and son.
Well until next time................

~regan