I'm halfway through!!! It's a good feeling to know that 17 treatments are done and I only have 16 more to go! This week went well. My Mom, Kelly Adrianson and my Dad were able to ride along with me this week. On Monday I had some lab work done, a chest x-ray and had my port flushed as well as radiation. This coming Monday I will see the oncologist to get the results of everything. No reason to believe it wouldn't all be normal.
Something that isn't normal...my eyelashes! Realized on Monday that all of my lower lashes are gone and that my upper lashes are very thin. I asked the ladies at radiation about it on Tuesday and they said it definitely wasn't from radiation. So I went to the source that has helped me find out a great number of things since my diagnosis...Google! There were several accounts from women who had their lashes thin and fall out one or two months after they were done with chemo. Something about the "cycle" of eyelashes. The most important thing to know is that they grow back in 6-8 weeks. So just when you think you're done with chemo and it's effects, guess again! I wonder if there is any way to Google "are there any other possible chemo side effects that I could end up having, because I'd really like to know ahead of time."
