The Up-date

Wednesday, November 16: This past week has not been too bad. I had chemo last Wednesday. I felt fine on Thursday. Even did a little shopping. I ate small amounts of food, kind of nibbled all day. Friday my stomach didn't feel so good. I wasn't nauseous and didn't feel like I was going to throw up but I had an empty, hollow feeling in my stomach. I kept eating all day. Small amounts. Then for dinner I was complaining that I just don't know what I felt like eating, and then it hit me. I told Robert I want prime rib and mashed potatoes from Claimjumpers. He went and got it for me and I felt much better. We split a 24 ounce prime rib and had enough left over for sandwhiches the next day. Yumm! At dinner, Jason started complaining that he didn't feel well. His temperature slowly rose throughout the night and he complained of chills, aches and a sore throat. I can't get anywhere near anyone that is sick so Robert had to take care of him. It was a weird virus because it topped out at 100.5 and then when he woke in the morning, his temp started to go down and was gone by the afternoon. I was so glad, I thought it might be the flu. I stayed home Sat. and Sun. because I didn't know what to expect from the chemo but I did okay those days. I hear the third and fourth treatment are the ones that are hard. My hair is still slowly falling out, but I am still wearing my baseball cap. Allison and I are going to a "look good, feel good" class tonight at the oncologists office. Here, they teach you how to take care of your skin, put on make up, draw in eyebrows etc. I haven't lost any eyelashes or eyebrows yet. It ought to be informative.