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Hey Ya'll, posting for Leslie today. She had a rough time with the Chemo treatment. The nausea was difficult to control. She was given fluids on Thursday and sent home. On Friday they decided to admit her to the hospital for the weekend to keep her nausea at bay and to make sure she stayed hydrated. She is much better today, although they are keeping her on some excellent drugs so she will rest. The Drs. plan is to release her tomorrow. If you could please keep posting comments to the blogs she will catch up with them in the next couple days. She is not really up to phone conversations or guests right now, but appreciates everyone's prayers and concerns. Love to all, Susan

Chemo 1 complete

I am home. Took a nap and watching Andy of Mayberry
awake and my tummy is yucky so I just took a compazine. Maybe it will make me sleep. I am going to try to attach a picture of dad in the Susan Boyle wig.
Compazine didn't stay down so put one is a suppository. Hard to puke that out.
Thanks for prayers. Maybe tomorrow will be easier on my stomach.

Blogging during chemo

Okay I am in the chair. Getting a bit of a relaxing medicine in my port then antinausea medicine then steroid THEN poison. Hoping this first drug knocks me out so I don't have to think about the others.
The nurse said one day soon I will wake up but my hair won't. It will stay in bed on my pillow. Sweet little lady. I'll blog more when this is done. Nighty night.

Visit to Moffitt breast center

On our way home from Tampa. In
true Tom fashion we are driving on every 2 lane, vegetable picken, back road he can find. Of course, I am trying to hydrate myself by drinking 8 bottles of water before my chemo tomorrow morning. Stopping at every place I see to find a bathroom. It will take us 6 hours to get home at this rate.
Went to Moffitt this morning and talked with a very knowledgable team of doctors. Mostly they agreed with my current oncologist. Chemo treatment is same that they would recommend. Moffitt would give chemo every 2 weeks instead of 3 but said it really didn't matter. The big difference was Moffitt felt like it could actually still be an estrogen positive cancer even though my oncotype came back negative. Moffitt is ordering all my original pathology slides etc and re-reading them and re-doing them if they feel it us necessary. If it IS estrogen based there is medicine to help keep it from coming back. If it is not then it has a 30% chance of reappearing in the next 10 years. Of course with the advances in breast cancer 10 years could mean anything.
Anyway, it was well worth the trip across the state for the 2nd opinion from a regional breast center.
So, tomorrow morning starts my chemo. Some sort of red adriamyacin and another chemo concoction. They call it "the red devil" because it is strong and causes all the nasty side effects I have always connected in my head with chemo. I
feel a little like I'm going to a Jim Jones meeting and being forced to drink the kool-aid.
Obviously, I am nervous about this first treatment and would appreciate special prayers for tomorrow.
My dad and sister Julie are on their way down for moral support. I feel like that movie "my big fat Greek wedding" with all my family and extended family and friends involved with my right boob!
Thanks to all of you who have blogged, emailed, facebooked and actually snail mailed to keep in touch and make me realize how much love there is surrounding me! Hope you all have a blessed day!