The halfway point

So I'm a bit past the halfway point now, but I have a bit of catching up to do!  This past week has been exhausting, and I just haven't had the energy to sit and type.  Which is funny, because I'm such a computer nerd, for me to NOT be able to sit at a computer, you know things must be bad :)

Anyway, the halfway point - it was an awesome feeling!  I had an awesome chemo nurse this week - she got my IV first go, no mention of tricky veins, and got the chemo up and running pretty quick.  We were in a different unit this week, so had a window seat with a lovely view.  Plus, now that I'm finished with my antibiotics, I can actually eat again.  So mom and I shared a yummy lunch of a wrap and some fresh fruit while I was getting pumped full of my toxic poison.  Same routine - fill me with fluids, fill me with steriods, fill me with poison, then some more fluids to flush it all through, and I'm on my way.  This week though, the steriods didn't give me that lovely burst of energy.  I just went home and crashed.

The next day was radiation blast #13 - I had officially reached the halfway point of both the chemo and radiation.  It's all plain sailing from here!   This also marked the last day before everyone starts arriving for Christmas.  Despite all that's going on, I get to spend Christmas with my whole family, something that hasn't happened in quite a few years.  And I never thought I would get to see any of them here in Canada in the middle of winter either!  So I'm trying to rest up now while I can so I can have the energy to keep up with them all.

Nothing much else going on.  Still feeling lucky that I don't have typical "cancer" symptoms other than fatigue. But keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I'm not getting too cocky about that.  Oh, the only other thing I'm struggling with - drinking.  I'm usually a big water drinker, but between being told NOT to drink water (better to drink juices and things with calories and nutrients apparently) and everything tasting weird, I am struggling finding something to drink that tastes ok.  Nothing worse than trying to drink a litre of something that makes you want to chuck up!