CYCLE 12 - D.O.N.E - oh and, I got married!!!

Welcome back to my blog :o)  I know, I took a month off, but I needed it, I had to get married to the man I Love and spend some time with my friends who made the journey from Germany to come to the wedding.  Oh right, and I completed another cycle of chemo, YES!

Well, as you know about 5 days after the last blog post, Sean and I got married :o)  We couldn't have asked or ordered a more perfect day in terms of weather.  The ceremony was to be held outside at The Mill at Fine Creek and everything was completely perfect.  We had so much amazing help from the staff at The Mill and my family/friends, Sean and I felt completely blessed!  As you can see from the picture, I felt so good I teased Sean that I would SMASH the cake in his face.  But I didn't because I didn't want him to do the same to me :o)  He could've pulled an eyelash off, hahahaha!!!!  I felt so beautiful that day.  The hair and makeup "Glam Squad" were amazing.  I'll never forget being told by someone they were surprised I "hadn't lost my hair....through all the chemo."  I chuckled and humbly informed them that I was wearing a wig, and fake eyelashes and that my eyebrows had been drawn on.  It didn't matter to me, but it was flattering to know that everything just looked THAT REAL!  Our day was just simply amazing.  We enjoyed having all of those we love surrounding us and hope that we were able to at least say HI to everyone before they had to leave, if we missed you we are truly sorry!! 

The week following the wedding (which should've been our honeymoon, we are going on a Caribbean cruise in November!) was supposed to be Chemo Cycle 12, however, when my lab results came back that my white count was too low to receive chemo, I was pushed a week.  Well, it couldn't have come at a better time.  My friends from Germany were still here and I was ready to tackle Virginia with them!  We had a great week visiting the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley, and going into DC.  Although it wasn't by choice, it was great to have more time with them.

Cycle 12 began last week, June 11th and was a full week of chemo.  My husband (tee hee!)  accompanied me on Monday, Diane, my MIL, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Justin came down and took me Thursday and then Courtney, just back from Jamaica, took me Friday.  Sean has only been with me a few times, it was nice to have him there, good quality, errrrr... ok, well, time together at least :o)  Diane hasn't missed a beat when it comes to taking me to chemo.  She's been amazing, always offering to come up and take me at the drop of a hat.  Since my chemo weeks were pushed, she is not going to be able to take me any of the next two cycles.  She felt bad about not being able to help, but truthfully, I ONLY HAVE 2 CYCLES LEFT!!!!  So Diane, don't feel bad, you've been there so many other times and I'll never forget that.  Thank you.

The weekend began with the Neulasta shot which will tell my bone marrow to make more white cells.  I had a bit of bone pain this time, especially in my jaw and left arm.  But for the most part it was bearable.  Went in for labs today and my white count is basically zero, ok, it's 180, but since it should be in the 2,000 range, that's close enough to zero for me.  Therefore, I'm back in isolation and taking antibiotics to keep away possible infections.  My red blood counts stayed above the critical numbers but my platelets were also quite low.  I have to go back on Friday to have my labs drawn  again.  I have two full weeks off in between cycles now.  So my next cycle isn't until July 2-3, short week.  Then my last scheduled chemo cycle will be the week of July 23!!  Oh my goodness, it's SO CLOSE! 

So I'll post again after my next cycle.  Life as Sean's wife is awesome, I can't wait for our future after chemo!