Nothing too interesting....

So I went to my GP at his request last Friday. When I got there, he was asking how I was and then signed my monthly work form. I gave him the latest update and then he was sort of acting as though he wondered why the heck I was there. So I reminded him that he called ME in and so I wasn't really sure why I was there. He told me he wouldn't bother calling me in next time my bloodwork wasn't perfect. And then he said that he would take my blood pressure just so it didn't seem like he did nothing. So that was fairly anti-climactic.

Then I saw the oncologist on Friday. The only glitch there was that I forgot to go, and then they phoned me wondering where I was and then I had to rush out of the house to get to the cancer clinic. Again, I wonder why I go to the Onc every 3 weeks. They ask me how I'm doing and that's pretty much it. But this time I wanted to hear the results of my heart scan, and so he told me it was excellent - 70%. Which is higher than last time, so I told him that I figured chemo must be improving my heart function... (as a joke, of course). His response was to tell me that the scans are not very accurate - which I already knew from the first time when it showed 51% and they freaked out and retested me and it came out at 65%. So it is very reassuring (sarcasm) to know that the tests are not very accurate.

Since I haven't lost any more hair, I still had a sparse covering of hair on my head that I was trying to let grow to see if it would fall over eventually and give me a sort of chemo combover. It wasn't working out like that so I finally decided to buzz it off. And then it was too 'pokey', so I did shave my head - which seems to be better and I haven't yet experienced velcro-head, so I guess the secret is to keep it shaved. A friend told me that it looks way better shaved because when it was growing longer, my head was looking like a testicle. It's good to have such love and support when you really need it, isn't it? Of course, not enough love there to tell me my head looks like a testicle when it still LOOKED like a testicle - but better late than never, right? I guess I won't rely on him to tell me I have broccoli or pepper in my teeth either.... unless I've already taken care of it and he can tell me that I USED to have something in my teeth.... LOL. Well, the other disturbing part of this story is that it keeps making me think that I must know what HIS testicles look like now..... Is that a good or bad thing? Yike!

I finally made my first meaning contribution to the renovations. I painted a first coat on 5 door trims. I was proud. Cam appreciated it, but he had to paint the second coat. Carpet gets installed tomorrow for the stairs and hallway.

Tuesday and Wednesday I go for Chemo #6. It gets split over two days so they can monitor for any allergic reaction. After that, I get them on the same day - but it takes longer. Tuesday will be 3 hours, Wednesday will be 4 hours. Chemo 7 will be 6 hours, 7 will be 5.5 hours and 8 will be 5 hours. BUT, they tell me these drugs are easier on the system.

So, I guess that's it! I will probably post again a few days after the new drug chemo to let you know if it really IS easier on the system....