These hips don't lie....

And today they are saying, "ouch!".  Everytime I think that today is going to be a normal day, I wake up with a different side effect of chemo or neulasta.  Yesterday it was a killer headache and the ever present touch of nausea.

The indigestion?  The insomnia?  What the heck?  It seems chemo has a lot of the same symptoms as late pregnancy- who knew?

I had my blood count done on Wed, exactly a week after chemo.  The PA said my numbers look good so I can proceed with my normal life.  He did give me a prescription for a steroid to take for a couple of days after my next round, to see if that helps with the nausea.
Here is my bloodwork from right before chemo and then a week after.  The nurse highlighted the important things on the first bloodwork.  It's interesting to see how much my white blood cells (NEUT are the mature, important ones) dropped, but are still in the good range.

I meant to ask him when I can expect to get my genetic testing results back.  it's been 3 weeks since they took blood for that.  I hope it comes back soon and everything is negative.  I really don't want to have to worry about cancer coming back or my kids being more susceptible.  Hopefully I'll hear soon.

Now I'm just plugging along until my next chemo on Feb 23rd.  In the meantime, I expect to start losing my hair by Mon/Tues which means shaving it soon after.

I hope I'm not coming off as complaining or whining, I'm just trying to be really honest and open about this process for me.  I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but it's honestly kicking my ass a little harder than I thought it would.  But, I will get through this!

I have to quick send a shout out to Ray's co-workers & my friends who have been generously making delicious meals for us.  It's really great not to have to worry about what's for dinner! My moms of multiples group has offered to do a meal train as well, and I'll be contacting them soon with dates when I feel like we'll need them the most. I've also had friends make me chemo hats and I'm so happy to wear something that was made with love <3  Thanks Melanie & Kellie! Thanks to everyone who's so graciously supporting us!