A little less chipper

Chemo was on Wednesday and on Thursday and Friday Sally felt great. Yesterday she said she felt a little fragile and did not eat as well, but she was not nauseated. The was also quite tired and rested most of the day. Today (Sunday) she is feeling a bit better but still not as good as earlier. We think that this is probably the effect of the chemo on her bodies cells. She avoided the acute problem of nausea and vomiting with the chemo but now the Taxotere is probably affecting the rapidly dividing normal cells (as well as the cancer). These cells are in the lining of the mouth and intestine and the bone marrow. I suspect her feelings reflect the effects on the intestine. But this will recover pretty quickly and is to be expected. On next Wednesday she will have blood work done to see how the bone marrow is handling this dose. We are hoping that we can all go to Lorrie's for Christmas dinner. Craig and the boys will be coming in on Christmas day and we are all looking forward to that!