First day of the rest of my life!

Dec 21st

…and so it began!  The cast of characters included my Chemo teacher Cristina who ran chemo school beautifully and loved our term “chemo school”.  My chemo nurse Annette, along with Lindsay and Tay. As Steve said, first we were infused with knowledge then infused with chemo which is what transpired yesterday and continues for the next 46 hours at home. I had a beautiful warm UGG blanket draped around me all day keeping me warm and feeling loved from my sissies and Mom.

First challenge thus far – I had a reaction to the anti-nausea meds which caused my throat to close up, heart to race fast and then Steve said “ oh wow you are really red” so they gave me benedryl and  tried again and all good!  Then I went through the next chemo treatment for 2 hours pretty uneventful.  Mom and Beth came by to visit and then Steve brought in some lunch from Dean & Deluca.  All was moving along super smooth when I got the last chemo treatment, that one brought back memories, but wait, Chemo and I have never met before!  All of a sudden my speech began to slur and my eyes started to twitch as if I had too many cocktails – seems you can take the cocktails out of the girl’s hand but never out of the girl…I was seriously drunk!  To which Steve said well I guess today was the party and tomorrow is the hangover.  Well let’s hope it is only as bad as a hangover, those I know I can handle.

After all was complete we gathered my belonging along with my side kick Chemo pump, which we now call Antiope, and headed home.  Aunt Antiope taught Wonder Woman everything she needed to know, so I am assuming she will kick some Lucifer arse.  My body felt like it was in an accident but my mind was clear.  Enjoyed dinner from Jennifer and lots of love from my Mom and of course Steve – my rock during all this although he might think it feels more like a butler.

I had a bit of a thick tongue and felt a bit drunk this morning but that has subsided.  My sweet BIL Bill stopped over this morning while in town for a lunch meeting and that was such a treat, good thing my buzz subsided, not that it mattered cause he has seen the buzzed Missy on a few occasions. I got a few thing accomplished, probably over did it but I am trying to figure out what I can handle.  I know that I can handle whatever it takes to eradicate Lucifer so I continue to push the boundaries while giving myself GRACE and being KIND and GENTLE to myself.

With Millie and Antiope at my side I will face the day with courage and humility.  Each day is an adventure and a treasure.