Dave and I left home before 3:00 am today to drive to St Louis. I had an echocardiogram to begin my day here. One of my treatment drugs, Herceptin, comes with a high risk for heart problems so my oncology team monitors my heart closely. Everything looks normal today. Score one for the home team. Iām in the chemo pod hooked up to a saline drip, waiting for pharmacy to mix up my bags of Herceptin and Perjeta. Today is my 76th treatment.
The group, 3 Little Birds 4 Life, delivered a Christmas gift bag to everyone in the pod this morning. This is an organization whose mission is to make life a little easier for cancer patients.
It was a lovely surprise and brightened my spirits a great deal. It is a heavy dose of reality to spend the holidays in the chemo pod.
I am not in control. 