Chemo Confidential

One more bad Monday out of the way—oh yeah baby! I decided today, or maybe it was this weekend, that I’m officially over chemo. I want it done, I’m sick of it, I hate it. Fortunately the chemo room is full of nurses and patients that know how I feel, and they sensitively gave me a wide berth today.

Given how I’ve been feeling about chemo, I knew I’d need something special in my toolbox to get me through the day. So I brought my favorite movie with me—LA Confidential—and watched it in the lounger. Best idea yet. I will not go into detail about Russell Crowe in this post as there is some disagreement in our house about just how awesome he is. We’ll leave it at that.

About half-way through the movie, I got a visitor. Now while I do have good manners and would turn this movie off for anyone that came to see me, there are very few that I would do so with a grin on my face. Patty is one of them. Patty is pretty much one of the most incredible people I know. She starts every day rallying the 5:15 class at TJ’s Gym, then leads the charge over at at Miller Creek Middle School where she is principal, on top of that she is part of an incredible family at home with Gene and Ella. How she finds time to come to chemo three Mondays in a row I don’t know. All I know is I LOVE PATTY and am so lucky she is my friend.

After Patty left, I finished my movie and came home to a happy puppy. Here’s Josie giving me some love (she rested her chin right on top of the bandage covering the spot where they tapped me today).  She’s showing a lot of empathy for me here I think—she just got spayed last week, so can relate to feeling less than 100%. Thanks for the encouragement Josie--we're both on the mend!