Here Comes #4

I was warned that each treatment would become harder and harder to bounce back from.  I most definitely agree.  I had been feeling "good" the weekends in between treatments, but this past weekend was just "okay."  Luckily I didn't experience any severe yuckiness, but the blah lasted a lot longer.  Treatment #4 is on Thursday (10/25) and this will be the last one of the Adriamycin/Cytoxen drug combination.  Treatment #5 begins a drug called Taxol.

I went for another ultrasound on October 12th for measurement of the tumor.  It seemed to measure the same size, but the radiologist said it looked like edema in the surrounding tissue, which could indicate tumor cells breaking up.  This is progress, so treatment will stay on track- no need to move up the mastectomy.  We're looking at that surgery for the end of January or beginning of February.  Reconstruction will depend on what is found in the lymph nodes and the need for radiation after surgery.

The bills are coming in.  I'm so frustrated.  A 20% copay isn't so bad when a person is perfectly healthy and only needs medications every once in a while...  But when a someone is sick and needs expensive tests and medicines and surgeries, that 20% is a LOT.  We're chipping away at them, but it seems as soon as I pay on one, another one shows up.  It makes my anger at the whole cancer thing so much worse.

Tentative Treatments-
#4 10/25
#5 11/8
#6 11/21
#7 12/5
#8 12/19