Chemo 11 - 5 More

Today was chemo 11. And today started with a bang so it was fun trying to get out of the house. Brian was flying to San Diego for work this afternoon so Mom was going with me today. And she and Dad just came back from Italy yesterday afternoon and are trying to get back on a normal time schedule. Well, Timothy woke up with a fever and a headache and a "head that hurts when I touch my hair like this." So we had to scramble around to figure out what to do since he couldn't go to school. Brian was able to drop Thomas off at school and get Timothy to the doctor at 9 while Mom and I headed on to the Med Center. He has strep throat. :-/ Dad had a dentist appointment at 9:30 and afterward he came to our house to stay with Timothy while Brian went to catch his flight. So it was a scramble but we got it all worked out. I'm so thankful for my husband and parents for keeping us going through all this. 

Mom got to meet cookie boy today and she was impressed with his peanut butter cookies. 

My white count was again very high. Even higher than last week. So I don't have to give myself ANY shots this week. Yay! Those things make my bones hurt. 

I talked with my oncologist today and I have 5 more chemo treatments then I will have a PET scan and another ultrasound and mammogram while I wait 3 weeks for surgery. I want to interview another surgeon just so I can have another opinion before I let someone cut off my body parts. I want it to be the right person doing the cutting. 

Some people have asked me about reconstruction, and with this cancer and the fact that it affected the skin, they have to cut off the skin. So I am not a candidate for implants. I also have to have radiation so I am not a candidate for immediate reconstruction. (radiation makes it shrivel and get all weird looking) So the surgery should just be a double mastectomy with no reconstruction. If I do reconstruction I will have to wait 6 months to a year. And I'm not sure I want it anyway. It's a long surgery and an awful recovery. I don't know that I want to go through that. Or miss out on time with my kids while I'm recovering from that. So it's not high on my priority list. 

A few things: 

1. Here's my pet wig. I usually take it off as soon as I get in the car after school every day. Then I toss it on the counter or hang it on the back of a bar stool. I'm getting tired of that thing.  

2. Still eating tons of spinach. But, I have also tried 2 different vegan, gluten free pizzas now and I want to caution everyone that if you are ever offered vegan, gluten free pizza, JUST SAY NO. It is awful. The worst. 

3. Still praying for miraculous healing. This cancer sucks. Being a mom with cancer sucks. Being a wife and daughter with cancer sucks. I feel bad for my family. And I don't FEEL sick. I just look sick. This is the worst. Even worse than the vegan, gluten free pizza. :-)