Halfway there, livin’ on a prayer

3 has always been my favorite number. I won something in grade school by choosing the number 3 and it has stuck with me ever since. Lucky #3! And now I associate it with my little triangle nuclear family of 3 (plus dogs). And today, it makes me think of my 3rd chemo treatment. I’m halfway there. I got this. Or, as my funny friend Carolyn P told me “you’ll be sick of hearing ‘you got this’ so I’m going to come up with something else. How about ‘your cancer is gonna be tore up from the floor up’. I love it. She cracks me up!

Anyway, I’m here at MGH getting my treatment now. I’m essentially NED (no evidence of disease) right now so everything they’re doing is meant to try to stop this cancer from ever coming back. I have 3 more rounds of chemo (carboplatin & taxol) left, every 3 weeks – assuming my counts stay on track and things don’t get delayed. Chemo should be done by summer! After chemo I’ll still have 12 more months of Avastin infusions every 3 weeks (but those are not chemo so my hair can start to come back and they’ll only be 30 minutes long). So that’s totally doable.

Aside from the port being slightly uncomfortable and having the metallic taste in my mouth the infusion is not so bad. I’m comfortable in my reclining chair and electric blanket. It’s boring though just sitting here for 6 hours (after 2 hrs of appts and blood work). Rick said it feels like a long flight. It does but a flight that never leaves the freaking ground. It really helps having him here. They gave me less Benadryl this time so I’m not as tired. I tried to listen to a podcast but it was meh and now I’m trying to decide if I should read or eat snacks out of boredom. If we were on a plane I wish I was on my way to St John. We should have been going on April 7 :(.

We did manage to get to NYC this weekend for a fantastic visit with the NY LaRoccas and a celebration of my niece’s 13th birthday. We arrived on Fri for an amazing visit/dinner then split up on Sat. Rick and Juliette had a magical day at the American Girl Doll store and a day in Central Park with his family. I met up with my mom, sister and niece and we had a blast exploring the Statue of Liberty, shopping, visiting the 9/11 memorial and walking for miles upon miles. Then we saw Tina Fay’s amazing Broadway show Mean Girls. We all loved it! We capped off the night at Ellen’s Stardust Lounge for late night snacks and singing servers. I was so grateful to be well enough for such a memorable trip. Cancer can be boring so I love any and all opportunities for adventure.