Round 7 - feeling lucky but a bit over it

My luck continues, it's over 24 hours ago and still no nasty side effects, and my veins behaved. This was another Starsky and Hutch combo so took about 2 hours, enough time to kick back and relax with my kindle.

I am feeling a bit tired now and then, and I don't sleep well on chemo night but I now know why! The anti-nausea drug I take before chemo, then that night and the next morning has listed in the possible side effects "may cause insomnia" so as I am very focused on not messing with my system that so far has been working, I'll take that and move on. The drug is called domperidone, not to be confused with dom perignon which is what I first heard when I was told what drugs I'd be on, wouldn't that be great if you got champagne to take as part of chemo!

This week I'm feeling a bit fed up with the weekly blood tests and the needles. Due to the possible risk of lymphedema in my right arm I can't have any blood tests, blood pressure tests or needles on that side so the left arm is taking a bit of a hammering. I checked with Nurse Jenny if I have to keep doing the blood tests when I'm just doing Herceptin and joy of joys the answer was no, and no more weekly steroid or anti-nausea drugs required either, so I just have to get thru another 5 weeks. 

I still have Fridays off work so I have been enjoying some sun on the deck today reading my magazine "The Queen turns 90" this weeks care package from Margo and Patsy, not sure if there was a message in that or not?

Still 0 on the vomitron scale, the hair fall out continues but I still have lots of hair and no bald spots - unlike my brother xxx

Maybe Dom should be my patron saint?