Last Chemo Day

Hi all,

These are pictures from Jen's visit to the OC for my 5th chemo and also Shirene and I at a Kings/Canucks game in LA with the post Tragically Hip concert. Gord Downie and the boys were as awesome as ever. Definitely a highlight of being in So Cal is the opportunity to see the Hip (Canadian epic band) in small clubs over arena-sized venues back home.

Doug is home and life is getting back to normal. For those of you who said "Doug won't even notice the condo".... sorry, but you just don't know Doug. I managed to give it a good cleaning before he got here and I just laughed when he said "looks like things have been rearranged on the bedside table". He just kills. But we had a great homecoming, I met him at the airport with his parents and sister and then we came back to our place where I decorated the house. It was really a beautiful afternoon/evening.

I had my last chemo today and am doing ok so far. Strangely, I started feeling nauseuous when they ran the first premed in the IV... that's the first time that ever happened. The nurse thought it might have been psychological. I just told her to keep things 'as is" and i would let it know if it got worse, but no bad side effects really so far. They come over the next few days.

I have had a few side annoyances though. I am going for an MRI on my back because of the terrible lower back pain that shoots down my leg. The oncologis thought it could be a slipped disc but also warned me that there was a possibility it could be cancer-related. The MRI is set for Tuesday after my Breast MRI. They managed to piggy-back it. I am thrilled. Tuesday I also get the results of my genetic testing.

My eyes have also really been bothering me lately. The good news is that I am fine when i wear my glasses, bad news is that I am having terrible blurred vision (mostly my right eye) with my contacts, especially working on a computer screen, so I need to see an Optometrist pronto. I am so tired of constantly seeing doctors.

My finger neuropathy is going ok. It is weird, i have lost the fingertip sensation in my two outer fingers and the nails have gone reddish. While my eyebrows are still here but they are getting pretty sparse and are sometimes hard to see.

I am going for an echocardiogram on Monday to see if the Herceptin has damaged my heart at all. That is one of the possible side effects so my ticker has to get checked out every 3 months.

That's all for now. I will update folks later in the weekend to let you know how I'm feeling.

Thanks again for the comments and support.

Mo