Saba Beats Cancer

To feel good on my birthday with both girls coming and no appointments or treatments.  I. Will. Take It!!!  How awesome is that.  Feeling good and surrounded by great people and tons of cards to open.  Just a great day. My counts are a little too low to go out for dinner but going to get some Truth BBQ brought in and enjoy a great birthday meal with family. Have to do a Pulmonary Function Test tomorrow, blood work and a meeting with our Oncologist for an update.  Supposed to go in Friday for more treatment - may be Saturday - will see. But today I get to be semi-normal.  Enjoy family, feeling good and great BBQ followed by a little Boston Cream Pie for my cake. Oh hell yeah.

It was the worst of times. All in one day. Started out feeling great. Walked the pups, nice breakfast, got a lot of work done. Felt so good to work and get stuff done. Then I got ready to go for blood work and spinal tap and started to feel a little nauseous. Then the pain in the back of my head returned with a vengeance.  Then the pain in my hip.  Got the blood work done. And just started dragging. Luckily brought an anti-nausea pill with me. So of course things will work out at the hospital and I will get out of there quickly. Nope. The blood people didn't do the one test they needed to release the chemo for my spine. So they had to re-do the test. But of course pharmacy got backed up so it took another hour to mix the special spine potion. Finally - it arrives and all goes smoothly. As I feel worse and worse. Driving home I am plotting exactly how I am going to hurl from the car without dying or falling out the window (luckily these are skills we mastered first year a...