Fall 2005
Greetings. Hope everyone is doing well. Life is good here. The Falcons and Bulldogs are looking good (well, the Falcons anyway, not so sure about the Dawgs!), the weather's still warm (perfect tennis weather -- yes I'm still playing, bald head and all!) and I'm still way ahead in my game against cancer.
I had my first Taxol/Herceptin treatment yesterday and it was a piece of cake. It was a long day, and I went to bed early last night, but today all is well -- almost as if it never happened. What a change from the icky chemo! The nurses tell me that I may begin to feel a cumulative effect after a few weeks, but for now I'm just grateful that I'm on the road to putting this behind me. Eleven more weeks and I'm done with chemo!
Lots of folks who read these updates have suggested to me that I write a book. I'm not so sure about a cancer book, but how about a weight-loss book? Three plans that have worked for me:
1 -- The Double Mastectomy Weight Loss Plan: Who knew that being flat-chested made you look skinnier? It's not like I was all that well-endowed before, but people repeatedly told me after the surgery that I looked thin. And I know for a fact at that point that I hadn't lost any weight anywhere other than the chest area!
2 -- The Icky Chemo Weight Loss Plan: The secret to this plan is doing the Adria/Cytoxin chemo cocktail without enough nausea drugs. Guaranteed to make you not eat for at least four days!
3 -- The Intestinal Parasite Weight Loss Plan: A couple of weeks ago, I thought I just had the stomach flu. But when my fever got a little high, my doctor made me come in. My white blood counts were really low, so I had to spend the night in the hospital. Tests there revealed a parasite that most people fight off easily, some never even knowing it's there. But not me! It has taken me two weeks to get back to normal. I'll spare you the details.
So what do you think? A best-seller? People will do anything to lose weight, it seems.
As always, thanks to everyone for all the support. I plan on paying it forward whenever possible.
Love,
Michelle
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