Done and Dusted!

Tony and I now have the chemo day routine down to a well practiced day out. We start at the oncology room and I first get my blood test. Then we head off for a nice breakfast at TriBeCa, which is a block away. I had the Greek scrambled eggs and a long mac...breakfast for champions!  We finished up there and went to the Oncologists office.  Michael, the Oncologist, does a physical check and then a mental check. He must have understood I was in a good space as our banter was along the lines of talking about this being my last treatment and he said, "oh yeah, about that, I think maybe a couple more...".  I squinted my eyes and asked him if he was changing jobs or  if he was moonlighting as a comedian and practicing on me?  We all laughed a good laugh.

I then walked across the hall back to the Oncology unit and was kindly ushered to my seat by nurse(Alison) who had a huge welcoming smile.  She seemed cool and collected but later on when my machine started beeping and she couldn't get it rectified she showed a bit of stress and growled, "bloody hell, this machine is giving me the sh!ts". I asked her if they had a Alt-Cntl-Del / reboot button, but she was too flustered to hear me.  But once she got that sorted and I was back on track.

Then it was the time for the dreaded chemo cocktail that I react to....and low and behold I kept my perfect score! I am just a sensitive soul you see! I forewarned Alison and she was poised and ready so I didn't have any huge impacts. Tony was confused as Alison switched the normal order of the two chemo treatments and as such was confused at why I was reacting. So no good photos this time of the reaction.

Since I reacted, they gave me more Phenergan which promptly put me to sleep.  I have been lacking sleep over the past week or two so this felt great! They had to wake me up to tell me I could go!

Tony and I practically skipped out of the hospital.  We went to Fitzroy and had a meal before heading home...to receive huge cuddles from the kids and Nanna.

(My shirt that say's, "My To Do list.  1. Beat Breast cancer (tick) and 2. Take over the World"

Now I sit here in front of the fire, with my champagne in hand, enjoying the thought of growing hair back and enjoying life without cancer!

Today's Reminder (I found in the Toilets at the hospital):

This blog does not stop with the cancer treatment...the journey ahead is just as much a part of the cancer treatment because it becomes the "silent" journey for many.  The part of healing, of making life changes, the part of resting and be good to yourself, and remembering to look at life through a renewed energy for living life and not "sweating the small stuff".  More blogs coming soon.