I am on the far side of the valley

and man, the view is much better from here. The chemo infusion itself really wasn't bad on Friday afternoon but by evening I was absolutely miserable, Saturday was a terribly long day, Sunday was *horrible*, and Monday I slept for 17 hours, and still thought it would never end. They warn you about fatigue, but there's no way that they can make it clear just how wiped out you'll feel, or how depressing it will be to be that exhausted hour after hour, and how unrefreshed you'll feel after sleeping.

But as I said, I'm feeling better now. I was actually able to get up and go to school and go for a walk today. Yippee, me.

It's going to be harder going back to chemo next week, though, knowing how it's going to kick my ass. However, we've been keeping a log and are already thinking of ways to make this more bearable and to, at the very least, plan around it.