Gold Trophy: Beginning of the End

Well, that usually is an ominous statement, but here we are looking forward to the end of chemotherapy!  Roberto actually said, "This is the beginning of the end," to me while we were walking tonight. We were on the walk because I felt that his anxiety started to increase after Adam left today.  It's a bit different this time because I feel there is also a hint of determination. To help, I also suggested that we try to find a geocache while on our walk.  Geocaching is difficult during the day and it's down right impossible at night!  It was still fun, though. 

It seems that I was a little wrong when I said that I was the only one who remembered that Saturday was our old wedding date.  I was so glad when I got messages from people saying that they *did* remember!  Yay!  I guess I just let myself get caught up in feeling bad.

I forgot to mention yesterday that we had a surprise on our doorstep!

Patti sent us another wonderful plant.  The above flora is a lemon tree!

Also, our card wall is pretty respectable now.  Thanks so much for all the support!  :)

Okay, time to get prepared for the last chemo infusion week!  75% complete.  :)

Cycle 3 - Day 21

The Day Where Nothing Happened

Not that I'm complaining or anything. 

Roberto had another great day of feeling good and even had 3/4ths of a coffee cake.  This was not a tiny cake either.  That's pretty normal for him so I guess that's good?  I still think the amount of cake he eats in one sitting is ridiculous.  He can eat three conchas in one sitting.  Those things are as wide as my face!  Wait, my face isn't abnormally large.  It's normal size?  I mean, the conchas are still quite big ... ...   :(

His energy level wavered a bit in the afternoon (so he tells me). I can't tell if he didn't get a good night's rest or just had low energy.  :\  Well, at least he's totally asleep now sans twitching!  Hooray!  Although, I was starting to find his twitches humorous.  *sigh*  Does that make me a bad person???

Below is a current view of the card wall.  We still have a couple more cards to add!  It's so great to receive the well-wishes.  :) 

I can tell that Roberto has less anxiety about this upcoming round.  He's more carefree and has fewer moments of him saying, "This sucks so much!"  Cycle 4 will be tough, but at least we know it's the last one. I keep repeating that but that's because it helps so much to put the next cycle in perspective since it will be another horrible week.  We're 57 of 84 days through (I'm counting the recovery weeks of the 4th cycle)!  That's 68%.  :)

Cycle 3 - Day 15

Pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women.

Another relaxing day.  :)  It was also filled with gifts and cards!  Thanks to everyone who sent a card over the last few days.  They were so fun to receive.  I also kept making Roberto go out and check the mail.  *smirking smiley*  Here's a current view of the card wall:

Pam also sent us a few gifts.  One of which is a gift card to In and Out!  This might be a bad thing because Roberto exclaimed, "Now we can eat In and Out all weekend!"  Umm ... yay!?

This also reminds me that Jessica sent another card and some more ginger candy!  We now have a good supply of ginger candy to last us through the end of chemotherapy!  Thanks!

Finally, we got this in the mail from Tom:

I laughed so hard when I saw this.  I'm still not sure exactly why he sent this AWESOME shirt, but I love it and it made me so happy.  hehehehehehe  Click this link if you don't know the meme.


Cycle 2 - Day 18

The Card Wall Grows

Roberto is doing great!  He's a little achy from the Neulasta shot from last week.  Neulasta stimulates the bone marrow to produce more blood cells, but that means he gets achy bones.  He still is a bit restless when sleeping and tried the couch last night for a bit.  Other than that, he's been doing more things around the house and also taking the time to upgrade his desktop computer.  I could say it's totally unrelated to Starcraft 2 but that would be lying, and I wouldn't lie to you!

I've started freaking out a bit because I felt a little dizzy today, my sinuses hurt a bit, and my nose was a tad runny.  :-O  I really really really hope I don't have some sort of cold or flu.  If I get worse tomorrow, I'm totally quarantining myself from Roberto.  Even if it means I cannot entertain his four family members visiting this weekend.  (My subtle sarcasm aside, they are great people.)  It could also be my body just being stressed out from the wacky day I had.  I started the morning in shower (that's normal) and then found myself in complete darkness (that is not normal).  The power company had turned off power to do repairs/upgrades, and they had given plenty of notice but my brain conveniently forgot about it.  I could go on about a flat bike tire and then sitting in traffic while on the way to a meeting, but it wasn't really all that interesting. 

Here's a current view of the wall of cards:

Roberto gets a lot of joy from receiving a card.  :) 

Okay, the weekend is nearly here!  Hurrah!

Cycle 2 - Day 11