chemo 3 and other updates

Hello blog world - it has been awhile!  I've been a pretty lackadaisical blogger lately, mostly because there hasn't been that much to report.  Last week I had my third ABVD infusion.  Things went uneventfully, which is always good.   We celebrated Easter at home with my parents and went to John's grandpa's house this weekend.  All the cooking and running around wore me out- but we had a fun time.  The kids had so much fun hunting for eggs and eating candy!

I have been doing pretty well - fatigue and chemo brain - but that usually starts to get better about a week after the treatment.  I have had some neuropathy from the chemo too - feels like pins and needles in my hands and feet - but again that usually goes away after the first week - so waiting for that to happen today....

The big news of the week: my hair has started falling out.  YIKES!  About 75% of people that receive my type of chemo will lose their hair - so I knew it was the most likely thing to happen.  But, now that it is actually happening - I am kind of upset.  It is really strange to lose hair.   It seems like it should hurt - if any other part of my body fell off/out, I would know about it.  But not my hair - it just falls away without any warning at all.  So far, I haven't lost enough hair to look different so we will see if it just thins or if it all falls out.  Ugh.  

In happy news -my oncologist thinks it is great that my hair is falling out - it means that the chemo is working and working well.

The current plan is for chemo #4 next week and then a PET scan the last week of April.  Fingers crossed.