Taxol Chemo - Round 5 - DID NOT HAPPEN!

I went in for chemo today and got my port flushed and blood drawn.  When the dr. saw my labs I was given a week reprieve from chemo as my red blood cell count was too low to continue another round and they wanted to give me a break to see if it would come back up.  I almost had a heart attack as I thought he was going to say I needed a blood transfusion and that is something that I have been afraid of since I started the whole process.  So sadly, I think this will put me a week behind schedule :(  But I guess if my body can't handle it then a break it is for me!  Tomorrow morning I have to fast and go to the Iowa Falls hospital and get my blood drawn to see if I have a B12 deficiency or anything wrong with my heart.  I am betting it's the chemo making it low and I have also been acting like I don't have cancer lately and doing WAYYYYY too much, so I probably better act like a sick person and take it easy.   That is going to be  hard since I have been feeling so good lately.  I have been extremely fatigued though in the past couple of days, so I should have known something was not right.  Cancer bites!

Don't forget to join Kristi and I at Relay for Life Hardin County on June 1st at the South Hardin Track in Eldora.  We will have our "I'm Too Sexy For My Hair" tent there and we will be there with refreshments and our smiling faces....bald heads and all!  Don't forget to bring your lawn chairs and coolers and warm clothing in case it gets cold.  I am glad it won't be too hot as I would be a "sweaty Betty" and no one wants to witness that.  Kristi and I will give our speeches later on that evening so come out and join us and buy all kinds of fundraising items to help support the cure for cancer!! 

Also, I have the "I'm Too Sexy for My Hair" t-shirts if you ordered one, please pick them up before Friday or I will also have them at our tent.  The cost is $14 each.  See you soon!

Also...please pray for Bonnie Nyce. She is the the hospital in Dubuque with a perforated bowel and was in the ICU.  I have heard she is doing much better but she still needs our daily doses of prayers to make her as good as new.  Praying for you Bonnie....get well soon so I can tell you a good joke in person.  (you have to see my facial expressions during the joke to truly appreciate the humor...)