6 & 6

I head to chemo tomorrow again - one day sooner than usual because we are heading out of town on vacation. That means one less day for my body to recover. My counts were lower today which I'm not surprised about. But recently I've developed some annoying side effects. One is a rash all over my hands which is itchy and hurts. There's nothing to do about it except hydrocortisone cream on it which I don't want to do because my hands are constantly in Minna and Talia's face and I don't want to rub that stuff all over them.... and the other thing is a constant sore throat and raspy voice. As a child I remember going into a closet with my friend Laurel and screaming to try and lose my voice just so I could sound like this. But it's a pain in the ass. I wake up all night long with this awful throat pain and so far nothing I've tried works. I ran the humidifier last night but it made no difference. I'll ask the nurses tomorrow if they have any tricks up their sleeves. I can really see the Taxol taking it's toll on my body. I feel like I'm exhausted round the clock no matter how much sleep I get.

Saturday night we had a nice break from the girls. My mom and Rich took them both overnight and we went out on a double date with some friends to a nice dinner. And before dinner we went and saw An Education which was a great movie. Go see it! I slept 9 hours that night which is the most I've gotten in weeks or months, and when I woke up I felt great. But after my swim that morning, I felt like I needed another nap. The fatigue is just the pits. I can't WAIT for this to be over.

I expect to get a call from the GYN oncologist soon to schedule my appointment to discuss my oophrectomy or hysterectomy. That's the next hurdle to to get past. I'll be happy once I have all the information gathered so I know what/when/how...

We are neck deep in Kindergarten decisions and simultaneously trying to think about summer plans (both vacations and summer camps for Talia)... never a dull moment...