3 is a magic number

Here we go folks.

I'm noticing i barely posted anything in the last week, and that's simply a testament to how good I've felt. 2-3 days after the treatment, the sickness pretty much fades. Aside from the tingly fingers/hands, it's totally gone. Then tingly thing gets way less severe, too, so I'm able to go outside and do normal things (it's instigated by cold). I'm thinking I'll even be snowboarding on the off weekends just before I go back in for a treatment.

So, I now am beginning the day that begins treatment number 3. I reminisce back on my last week and realize how nice the week off is. Keeps you sane, lets you forget what really is going on. There were moments, even hours, where I completely forgot I'm a cancer patient going thru chemotherapy. I was so wrapped up in working hard (it's REAL busy at work right now) and playing hard, too (jamming with the boyz been good lately) that I sometimes find myself all giddy about the weekend coming up before I realize that the weekend siginifies being way close to going back in for treatment. It's a real bittersweet-type situation for me. But, the positive here is that I'm feeling so good, living so 'normally', that I am completely forgetting my ordeal sometimes- and THAT is a huge step for me. To finally NOT have this 'thing' pervade my every thought is the first step to getting back to my life before this all began.

Well, here I go, off to work for the morning then back home to gather my wife and head up to get the needle put back in. It's a daunting thought, at this point, as I know i'm about to suffer thru the next 4 or 5 days, but another notch off the long list of days left in the chemo life. I hope to go bury myself in work until it's time to come home for the treatment...maybe not think about it for the morning. We're working on anti-chew/tobacco/alcohol for the state of Wyoming, so the concepting sessions been fun lately, and hoping for that again today (We presented some anti-chew ideas yesterday, and surprisingly they loved them all- even ones with somewhat abrasive lines like "clean up your chew hole". Love good clients who understand that you have to talk like kids when your're talking TO them)>

Aight, let's get this party started.......