Round 2 down and a confession

I had my second round of chemo on Thursday and it wasn’t bad at all. I worked on Friday and felt pretty good. My weekend went by without any issues and although I am feeling more fatigued today than I did all weekend it’s MUCH less so than my first round and since I didn’t have to have the $3000 shot this time my joint pain is greatly diminished also. All in all I can definitely deal with it.

Here is my confession. I thought this would be much worse. I prepared myself for a few months of hell…fatigue, nausea, hair loss and honestly it’s not that bad. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to minimize what anyone going through this might be experiencing and I know I’m so lucky that my treatment plan is very manageable, but that’s just it…it’s been easy. I love how everyone is supporting me and encouraging me and I wouldn’t trade all of that for anything because it has reminded me how wonderful the people in my life are. But for the most part I’m not sure I deserve all the praise of my “courage”. I hate that I’m bald but that’s temporary. I don’t like feeling tired, but that’s manageable. I have more stuff to go through but so far nothing has been as bad as I thought it would be and I’ll get through it. 

Hopefully it doesn’t sound like I’m complaining that cancer isn’t harder. (Because that would just be CRAZY talk!) And I would never want anyone to think I haven’t appreciated all the support and care I’ve gotten these last few months. And I would never, never want that love and support to end…but I also want to ease your minds. I’m fine…better than I thought I would be. Kicking cancer’s ass is working out much better than I thought!