Aches & Fuzz....

So here I am three days after my first round of chemo. I spent the entire day in bed yesterday with aches,fuzz and exhaustion. And also a lovely coating over my taste buds which the nurse has informed me is normal and could last the entire time of treatments. "Fabulous" I say....I love anything that makes my food/beverages taste not normal. My hair is still intact even though my sister had me yanking on it yesterday to see if any would come out.

Today I will go back to work and see if I can pull off an event of 175 guests while not tasting things, achy and on  Oxycodone. Which of course the guests will not know that I can't taste anything but might notice the heavily medicated state that I'm in. If you know me well enough you know that me not being able to function "normally" will be the biggest downfall to these treatments. I am a mover and a shaker and have no intentions of letting cancer get the best of me.

See you at the food stations.....   :)

Here it goes....

So my sister said that I should start a blog for everyone to follow what's going on in my life. I said " I don't even want to follow" But here we are... maybe some free therapy or maybe just a way for me to vent, laugh and or cry.

What is with the tile? Well anyone who knows me knows I love accessories and have a vast collection. But also I think that the word accessories can mean friends, family,doctors and the random people in my life. They are my accessories. The other part is obviously I have cancer. I am presently in my third round of fighting this lovely (me being sarcastic) disease.

It started in 2008 when I was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. My doctors decided to perform a partial hysterectomy and said no treatments...I would be fine. Well not so much. November of 2009 I started having stomach issues and after several doctor visits and emergency visits I found out that the cancer was back and found a new home on my ovaries. So I had another surgery, a chest tube, feeding tube, several hospital stays including one visit to the ICU when I went septic with a Staph infection and finally a little chemo and alot of radiation. Again you will be fine. Well again not so much . This past Christmas after a routine scan I found out that cancer has found two new homes in my body. Yesterday was my first round of hard core chemo in a series of 6 scheduled treatments. Which with fingers crossed after the 4th round we will do another scan and see if we can surgically remove these aliens from my body.

It has been a long past three years with fighting  this disease and separating from my husband. But please do not feel sorry for me.... I do not want pity or your sadness. I think that there is a reason that this has all happened to me and something to be learned. Possibly for me to learn how to accessorize my soon bald head. Who knows? But I am open to finding out and hopeful for the future.

I'll keep you posted :)