Broccoli For Breakfast

It's day 11 after Chemo 1, and I've learned that sometimes you just eat what sounds good. Tuna, ginger ale, crackers...even broccoli for breakfast.

Thanks to so many who sent encouragement, texts, meals, and generous gifts (including this awesome shirt from a long-time work friend and amazing person). We are so grateful for you all.

This past week was tough for our home. Liz had her regular chemo treatment, which brings her extreme exhaustion and bone aches for 2 days afterwards. Unsurprisingly, she powered through and kept things as normal for our boys as possible this week. But man, this stinks.

My fatigue has been surprising. I've nodded off mid-sentence and woken up 3 hours later. The bone aches, metal taste, tingly tongue, and bouts of nausea were expected. It hasn't been fun, but I assumed that it would be much worse.

The good news on Thursday was that my blood work shows normal white blood cell counts. If those drop then I can be at high risk of infection (and it could still happen this week, or next cycle, who knows). But for now, it's something to be grateful for.