Pennant playoffs

The Chicago Cubs are trying for the National League pennant.

Last night's game didn't go their way.  We'll see what happens tonight.

I have lost my sense of taste again, mostly.  Chemo mouth is back.

Oh joy.

At least I could taste during the Adriamycin cycle of four treatments.  It's these drugs that are made out of yew trees that wipe out my mouth.

Still can't feel my finger and toe tips, and have more nausea than I have had to date.  Oh yay.

More fatigue, too.

But what the f*ck ever.

As I have stated before, I can't express how very tired I am of this process.

They could not get my lab draw to come out of my port on Friday.

Tried and tried, which was LOVELY, I have to tell you. Have you ever experienced the AWFUL taste/smell that comes from INSIDE OF YOUR OWN EFFING HEAD when they flush a chemo port with saline?

It's HORRIBLE.  I have nightmares about it. No, really, I DO.  If I think about it during waking hours, I physically shudder.

It's like having a head full of paint thinner.  It's so bizarre.

So, they couldn't get blood out of the port, so I had to leave the treatment room, and go to the lab room and get poked in the arm anyway, which was what we were trying to avoid by using the effing port.

The other thing that seems to be happening with this chemo protocol is sleeplessness the first night or two after treatment, no matter how many drugs I take.  Up all effing night on the night of treatment.  Literally.

What the hell IS THAT?  When rest is THE MOST important thing for me to get, and I can't get it?

At least now I get a little break.  My three weeks on, one week off is upon me....so NO appointments this coming week.

No treatment until 10/30, so it's actually almost more like 2 weeks off.

What a gift that will be.  Maybe by the time we start again, I'll be able to taste things again.

In happier news, it's been a pretty nice weekend.

Yesterday was Pagan Pride day in OKC.

The last time we went to that was 2012, and I was one of the dancers, both solo and with a troupe.  There was NO ONE there in 2012.  By that, I mean that when I was on stage, there were 3 or 4 people in the audience.

As far as I know, the event had not happened again since.

There was a pretty good turn out yesterday!  It was fun.

Today was bright and sunny and 75, so we did some errands, and some house cleaning, and bought some mums to put on the porch and patio.

The game comes on  shortly, and of course we can't get it on OKC unless we use someone's on line log in to watch it....which is exactly what we're doing.

Go CUBS!