Chemo is no joke! Although I’m not sure I’ve ever heard someone say it was, but you know what I mean. I was able to get my second infusion this past Friday which means I was only delayed two days, thankfully. However, it really knocked me on my butt.

If you know me well, you know that I’m the type of person to get lots of side effects (often times the rare ones most people have never heard of). Welp, I did it again. Have you ever had sore eyeballs? Yeah, not a headache, or a sore face, my actually eyeballs hurt for a couple days. I’m extremely tired which I expected. I’m also experiencing more nausea than I did with my first chemo regimen — super not happy about that. I’ll be the first to tell you that I’m a baby when it comes to nausea (my husband will be the first to emphasize it). I’ve experienced some muscle soreness and a persistent headache. I’m doing my best to take it easy, which admittedly is not going well because I am not an idle person.

I have no idea yet how my bone marrow is doing. I have bloodwork scheduled for the morning. The only thing I’m hoping for at this point is to avoid severe neutropenia (a nonexistent white blood cell level means lots of masking in hot weather and going nowhere). But, as always, I’ll do what it takes!

Thank you to everyone that has been checking in. Cross your fingers that my levels don’t bottom out or that they come back quickly!