Recovering and Recharging

My initial date to start chemotherapy has come and gone. So, has the second postponed date. In the meantime, I have been quite sick dealing with a viral respiratory infection. Dan and I picked it up on the way home from Las Vegas. We had the same symptoms, but his were 1/10th that of mine. He's well and I'm still on the mend. This infection has been so bad, that I've felt like chemotherapy has already started....extreme fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, in addition to the standard flu symptoms of aches, chills, sore throat, coughing, laryngitis. I've had alot of pajama days (didn't even bother getting out of my pj's cause I was in bed sleeping so much). I told my doctor that after going through this, chemo is going to seem easy!

Chemotherapy has now been postponed until January 7. You think, "Oh what a luxury, she can pick when she starts." Well, actually if I started when I have an infection like this or any other infection, chemo could send me quickly over the cliff into Never Ever Land. Also, I need to rebuild my reserves which have been depleted by this infection. Thus, I'll take the "luxury" of postponing chemo.