TGIF

Today's "Glass Half-Full" Comment: (lovingly swiped from a book title) "I'd Rather Be Getting Chemo Than Cleaning Out The Garage"

Well, my chemo experience was pretty good. Thanks for all the calls and emails to check on me. I really appreciate it!

I sat in a comfy recliner with my fuzzy blue socks on (and my cool "Cancer Sucks" tshirt) and got hooked up to the IV in my port. A port is a small plastic disk with a stretchy membrane over it- it is implanted just under the skin and a line is run directly into your vein- it is more sturdy than having an IV in your vein directly and makes it easy to adminster chemo drugs and do blood tests. I was given some anti-nausea pills to take before we started and I settled in with a warm blanket.

Anyway, I got some fluid and a test dose of one of the drugs and the nurse monitored my blood pressure. Once I passed that test then I got a bag drip of one drug and the other three manually in my IV. I am one of those people who have the ability to taste everything put in my IV so I had sort of a weird taste in my mouth. Luckily Pat hooked me up with some hard candy and that was a godsend! I sat and read a book (thanks Jen- I LOVE it! It is already a new favorite!) and chatted with two of the other ladies there. Watched a little television, ate some scooby snack graham crackers and had some gatorade and I was done in about 4 hours. All in all, not a bad day.

I was a little tired in the early afternoon and took a catnap on the couch for about 30 mins. I did not feel nauseous but had a little upset tummy and was not very hungry for dinner. I did eat a chicken sandwich and managed to run two loads of stuff to the house. Kelsey's boyfriend Adam is home from college and staying for a few days to help us move. He's a nice kid and a GREAT help! He slept at our new place last night since we are all at the old house still- it saved him hotel fees-(we don't do co-ed sleepovers and I was joking with him that he should take advantage of sleeping in Kelsey's room while he can since it's going to be his only opportunity to do so until she's 18 and living on her own! haha) I think he was a little embarrassed! Funny. When we move our beds to the new house then he can drag the air mattress here and camp out at the old place with Derek this weekend so they can goof with the electric guitars and bass. It is nice that Adam is also friends with Derek so they all get along.

Today I am shopping for appliances and picking up a small u-haul truck to help us transport some stuff. We are getting some moving help but we may as well move all the stuff we can since the more we move the cheaper the estimate for the heavy/bulky things we aren't able to move. There are some charitable organizations here that volunteer to pay for movers to help out war veterans and we are very grateful but we don't want to take advantage and take money for a move out of someone else's pocket. I see so many soldiers here each and every day that are far worse off than we are. May God bless them.

We have a couple of Kelsey and Derek's friends coming by tomorrow and also some of our friends have offered to help transport our stuff. I am sure we will be fine. I've already got the kitchen, bathrooms, knick-knacks and linen closets moved- so that is half the battle. Today we are moving small things like endtables, lamps, clothes, bikes and mattresses. Nothing too taxing. I can't pick up anything (because of my port)- not even Wil, so I will assume queen bee status and direct the help.

I put in a request to change our phone-internet-cable service but I am not sure if our home phone number will go with us or change. Our cel #s will stay the same.

Well, signing off for now. I need to go get a little something to eat.
{{{HUGS}}}

Tammy