Gearing Up...

Gearing Up for Chemo Number Four

Finally, a few nights with a decent 6 hours of sleep each. And I've been able to nap some over the last few days as well. I'm guessing my body is playing catch up.

There is this whole wave of feelings and emotions I repeat between each chemotherapy series, which lasts two weeks. It starts with me feeling pretty good immediately after the chemo session. Then that slowly digresses so that on days 4-7 after chemo, I really can't commit to anything and pretty much sit around trying to keep it all in balance and trying to be positive and look forward to that 1 week point where most of the symptoms will then be very mild. It's a wave I'm riding, and I have to admit I've never been a surfer, or good at balancing on something wobbly. It just throws me for a loop for sure.

So this must be one of the lessons that cancer is teaching me ~ how to be flexible and go with the flow. I'm learning! Karen reminds me that the best healing takes place when the body is sleeping. So I am concentrating on how to get the best sleep I can, whenever and where ever I can. I suspect I'll get it all down just in time for chemotherapy to end. And that will be just fine by me.  :-)

At this point in the "wave",  I am gearing up for Chemo Series #4 tomorrow, and so looking forward to being halfway through chemo. I'm feeling pretty good right now, and very happy about that. And! The sun is even out today!

Hugs, Debbie... aka the cancer warrior; AND survivor 

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