Thursday 25 February 2010 Cycle Ten, Day Twenty-two, Treatment NONE

This is my week OFF from treatment. YEAH!!!! All I want to do is sleep, makes it hard to watch the Olympics other than that nothing to report.

Quote of the week: In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. -- Bill Baughan

Thursday 18 February 2010 Cycle Ten, Day fifteen, Treatment Three

Well another uneventful boring day at chemo. OK so I told you last week that I needed to do something to make Chemo interesting ------ so this week I took Keep-Her (my service dog) with me, as she had been freshly bathed and was all clean. Everyone wanted to pet her and play with her, instead of doing their work. She’s such a suck up for loving and pets, that it didn’t take a whole lot of encouragement from them. Once I was settled in the chair I allowed her to visit. At one point I knocked my water bottle of my little table and without being asked she got up and picked it up for me ----I told her she was just showing off ----I got a big toothy poodle grin from her. She got all the oos and awes she was looking for. Silly girl.

I’m exhausted as usual, seems to be the story of my life these days. My blood counts are still within acceptable ranges so no excitement there either.

QUOTE of the WEEK:
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -- Buddha

Thursday 11 February 2010 Cycle Ten, Day eight, Treatment Two

Well another uneventful boring day at chemo. I tried to think of something to do to create a little excitement----sigh-----everyone told me I had to behave………Although it did take the nurse two tries to get in---I told her that after two years of doing this weekly the veins are getting good at playing Hide-n-seek The nurse just LOL at me and said “well they are trying to at least, but *I* won.”

I’m exhausted as usual, seems to be the story of my life these days. My blood counts are still within acceptable ranges so no excitement there either.

QUOTE of the Week: Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. -- Lou Erickso

Catch up---

When one is boring it's really hard to post that there is really no news. the week of 27 January 2010 was my OFF week, so nothing happened there. I had hopped to go on a mini vacation since I had no test and/or treatments for a nice stretch of time---but all my drivers were otherwise busy and couldn't take me any where.

Last week 04 February 2010 was my first week of the next cycle. I'm starting cycle 10. Saw the Dr and he said it was OK to do the next session. The tumor is staying the same---it's not shrinking nor is it growing----so just hanging in there and existing. I do wish it would go away

QUOTE:Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. -- Buddha