Ugh!  I’m feeling crappy. Son #2 gave me his cold.  I’ve been fighting it for over a week.  My sinuses are bugging me.  I was supposed to get chemo yesterday but it was a NO GO.  Blood tests revealed that my liver enzymes were high.  As per the doctor, this could have been caused from the cold virus I’ve been fighting.  Or, as Nurse G said, it could also have been caused from Tylenol.  She recommended I take Advil or any other non-acetaminophen containing pain reliever.  I hadn’t taken any Tylenol, but I had taken NyQuil Sinus.  When I came home, I checked the ingredients in NyQuil Sinus.  The first is acetaminophen.

I was really upset.  I am coming so close to the end of chemo and I just want to get it over with.  I don’t like when chemo is pushed.  It just prolongs the crap.  The appointment actually started out good.   Nurse G was able to get blood return from my port.  I only had to hold my breathe to the point of almost passing out for each tube she had to fill with blood!  But I didn’t have to get stuck in my arm for the first time in a couple weeks.

Since I had no chemo, I called Dr. W’s office to make an appointment.  More fluid was accumulating in my right breast.  He saw me about an hour after I called and removed another 55 cc’s of yellow tinged fluid.  I’m hoping my body will start absorbing the fluid instead of me having to see the doctor every week or so to have the fluid removed.    My scar still looks horrible, but Dr. W once again told me not to worry because he will be removing the scar at some point in the future.  I want to wait for my skin to heal some more before I have any more surgery.

I had an appointment with my oncologist, Dr. G last Thursday.  Dr. G wants me to do the complete course of chemo given my history and my bad luck (so I should have the two treatments I missed from month four when my breast got infected).  I told him that Dr. W had removed 50 cc’s of fluid the week prior.  Dr. G examined me and stated that Dr. W would probably have to remove 50 cc’s more.  (He was close).  I asked why my body wasn’t absorbing the fluid.  He told me that with all the surgeries and scar tissue I had, it isn’t surprising that the fluid wasn’t being absorbed.

I was so looking forward to being done and moving on with my life.  I was trying to plan Christian’s High School Graduation Party.  I planned on having the get together in July but with chemo pushed back, it was looking like August but he leaves for school on the 11th.  It looks like the party isn’t going to happen.  We’ll do something small instead.  I was also looking forward to getting back to work.  I miss all my friends and co-workers in the city.  I miss being productive.  I miss being ME!