Side effects

Hello. It has been a while since I last wrote. Today was a "good" day. Things seem to progressing in a positive direction. Fatigue is my biggest hurdle. Jane takes most of my energy and attention. She is beautiful but has definitely hit the "terrible twos." I generally go to bed shortly after Jane goes down. The chemo does have other side effects. Along with fatigue, hair loss (obviously), I get crimping in my calves at night (Charlie-horse like) and the nausea varies day to day, unfortunately throwing up seems almost natural now, that is if anything tastes good enough to eat. (heehee) Of course they give you medicine to help combat all this stuff but it doesn't always work. As long as the chemo is working, I can't complain.

It's funny, I find that people don't like to complain around me, like my situation is much worse than theirs. Let me say that "You aren't given anything you can't handle". It is all in perspective. I know we all have bad days, encounter bad situations, even have bad hair days. As my friend, please don't shelter me, or treat me differently because of cancer. I've just got a different battle than you to fight right now, there are people out there with situations worse than mine. I have found that I have an amazing network of people who love and care about me. I am blessed. I have also realized the world is going to keep on spinning whether I participate or not. So I choose to be there, live in the now. And enjoy the world around me. I suggest you do the same.

Thanks for all the notes and prayers. I appreciate all of you!!
The pictures are of me and Jane with our scarves on, and me wrapped in a quilt of love made by friends in Michigan and Indiana. It's wonderful!