So we’re off. I was just pre-medicated with all of of my anti-nausea medications and the tubes have been connected. One chemo runs for 24 hours for 4 days and the other runs twice a day for 2 hours. I’m feeling pretty relaxed about the whole thing. I’m eager to get through this and move on with my treatment and, ultimately, the rest of my life.

I’m also feeling really wrestless. I left so many things at home by accident including books I wanted to read and my inspiration board. I finished all of my magazines, watched hours and hours of HGTV and have nearly finished listening to by books on tape which I don’t enjoy nearly as much as the paper books. The only paper books I have here are about fighting cancer. It’s not that I’m not interested in continuing to read these, but I feel like I need a break. I want a good novel or something funny. I’ll try to persuade some of my visitors to bring something.

Oh, there is great news that I haven’t mentioned. Yesterday was the first day since June that I went the entire day without a fever and no medication! Today has started the same. The new antibiotic they put me on must be doing something because I can’t get over the fact that I haven’t had fevers. I don’t think anyone can possibly grasp how awesome that is! The doctors are sort of shaking their heads, not quite knowing what problem they fixed but they’re all thrilled. If we can keep the infection under control, I could be feeling really good in a couple of weeks. Fingers-crossed, fingers-crossed.

They also decided to switch my picc line to the other arm. I’m not sure anything was wrong with the one that was in there but the doctor felt that they might as well pull it out in case it had any bacterial issues – lets just start fresh. That’s all fine and good except that the new picc is very sore and I just hope they didn’t open a new can of unnecessary worms. I’m not even going there now. I’m very optimistic about how this treatment will play out. My team of doctors has been incredibly reassuring and I feel good about everything. It’s weird to be excited about chemo, I know, but the excitement of knowing you are so much closer to getting your life back is an unexplainable, amazing feeling.