last round, maialino encore, jane & lisa

wow. cannot believe that i haven't posted since my last chemo which was last tuesday. expected to feel bad and didn't feel as bad as i thought i would but am still tired. i've been napping every day since and i've got all the dryness, cracking and bloody noses that i usually do but I'M DONE.

i thank my lucky stars since i'm not so into god these days that lisa's come in almost every 3 weeks to be with me for the chemo bad days....every time she leaves i think i cry. she's been such a nice, calming presence to have in the house. i know i'll miss her visits ....

so reflections on last chemo round....wow.

my friend jane from vt came in w/ her daughter and puppy for the actual infusion - so nice seeing her. we went to my chemo - always a weird, nice time. my mom and jane were both there. we talked, read, and before you knew it we were done.

then we went to maialino and met up with some of my buds from tufts, my brother & his wife and ate and drank ourselves silly. not too much talking about cancer, rather talk about everything else. again the atmosphere, food and drink were perfect :). it is my new favorite restaurant. i ordered for the table with captain social's help ...antipasta's, salads, pastas, vegetable sides....fish, meat, dessert....so good. drank copious amounts of wine - white & red. i always figure after getting all that shit put in my system, what difference could a little wine make anyway???

the next day we went to lion king w/ sam & jane's daughter....it was sam's first broadway show- he was awestruck. by thursday, i was going into chemo fog as the storm hit the northeast....jane left with a storm swirling behind her and lisa arrived just before 684 got hit. lucky travelers :)

this round has been so much more tiring than the others but the rest of the effects have been tolerable. i'm still tired. i try to take a nap but mostly just lie down every day after lunch still. they say it takes 3 weeks to feel normal but the drugs are still floating around for up to 6 months...

here's me w/ ben. he's trying to show me how to do a new game that jane does all the time. during the snow storm, ben took it upon himself to build a quisnee (not sure of spelling) and fix my old computer.

here are pictures of the quisnee: