week of euphoria

i haven't been blogging this week. i feel like i got this huge gift/reprieve this week by feeling so good and i wanted to suck it up as much as i could. since i didn't know how i'd feel, i had a lot of free time. spent the week eating and working out.

monday i did herceptin and while it's not a pleasure to get, i felt fine plus it only takes 45 minutes! (chemo takes 4 hours). my oncologist wanted me to eat more whole fat food so my friend maeve and i took ourselves to artisanal and i stuffed my face with fromage. even had a 1/2 glass of wine - oh so yummy and good :).

still feeling good, after i got my wig fit on wednesday (which is another posting on it's own) i met my friend michael and we had lunch at accademia di vino and then went to tim burton's opening at MOMA. another great meal with michael, as always :). the exhibit is great - very whimsical and kind of seussian. i hadn't realized tim burton had so much art and how much he has drawn and created. funny that there was very little mention of pee wee herman. (i wonder why???? ))

friday night howard & i went out with amy & paul to tarry lodge. again, i ate my favorite foods - LOVE their bolognese & broccoli rabe pasta and it was great to sit at the bar and feel like a normal person. saturday night went to morgan's with my beloved tufts friends, toni & seth, paul & pam. again, felt like a normal person.

today (sunday) i feel like i'm on borrowed time. i was told my hair could fall out as early as day 10. there's this creepy feeling you get - almost like someone is softly blowing on the back of your neck - and i don't know if that means the hair follicles are getting ready to release the hair.....i'm now on day 13 since chemo.... but hair deserves it's own posting....i definitely had some hair issues this week.

wanted to acknowledge my good week before i'm faced with the traumatic event of my hair falling out. signing off for now....am going to try to post the hair one tonight also. don't know how i'm going to feel when it all goes.